Avocent SPC420 manual To display version information for a managed appliance

148DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

3.Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.

To change the IP addresses of DSView 3 servers used for managed appliance authentication:

1.In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click on the appliance name.

2.Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then click Authentication Servers. The Appliance Authentication Servers Settings window will open. To change information, type an IP address, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), for up to four DSView 3 servers the managed appliance will use for authentication.

3.Click Save and then click Close. The Units View window will open.

To display version information for one or more managed appliances from a Units View window:

1.In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on

page 106), click the checkbox next to the unit(s). To display information about all units in the page, click the checkbox to the left of Name at the top of the list.

2.Click Operations, then select Show Versions from the drop-down menu.

3.A Multiple Unit Operation window will open, containing a link to view results; see Multiple unit operations from a Units View window on page 111.

The results window includes the unit name, type and when the version information retrieval began.

The Appliance Version field will contain the main firmware version; if a unit did not or cannot report a firmware version, dashes are displayed.

The Boot Version field contains the boot firmware version. If a unit does not support a boot version but has an appliance version, N/A will be displayed. Dashes will be displayed if a unit does not support either appliance or boot firmware.

The Status field indicates the result of the display (for example, Show Versions complete or Show Versions not supported).

To display version information for a managed appliance:

1.In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click on an appliance name.

2.Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar and then Versions. The Appliance Version Information window will open, containing the following information:

•For KVM switches - application, boot and video FPGA

May also include application, boot, video FPGA, matrix FPGA, UART FPGA, digital/ application, digital/digitizer, digital/FPGA and OSCAR FPGA

•For serial console appliances - bootstrap and application versions

3.Click Close. The Units View window will open.