Avocent SPC420 manual To change the name in appliance for a cascade switch

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To display cascade switch port settings and initiate a push/pull name operation:

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

2.Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar. Click Ports and then click Cascade Switches. The Appliance Cascade Switches window will open.

3.To initiate a pull or push name operation (see Name Synchronization on page 125), click the checkboxes to the left of one or more device name(s). To select all names on the page, click the box to the left of Appliance Name at the top of the list.

•For a pull operation, click Pull Name.

•For a push operation, click Push Name.

To change the name in appliance for a cascade switch:

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

2.Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar. Click Ports and then click Cascade Switches. The Appliance Cascade Switches window will open.

3.Click on a cascade switch name. The Cascade Switch Settings window will open.

4.Change the name in the appliance. If the automatic name pull feature is enabled, see Automatic name pull on page 127 for the effect.

5.If you changed the appliance name, click Save.

6.Click Close when you are finished.

To change the Name in DSView for a cascade switch:

1.In a Units View window containing appliances and using the topology feature (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106 and Topology view on page 104), click on the name of a cascade switch. The Unit Overview window will open.

2.In the Name field, change the name that will be used in the DSView 3 software.

3.If the cascade switch is uniquely identified (for example, a power device or an AutoView 2000 switch), that type will automatically be entered in the Type field and cannot be changed.

If the appliance cannot uniquely identify the cascade switch type, the Type field will include a list of compatible units from which you may choose. A compatible unit will have at least as many inputs and outputs as the DSView 3 software indicates in its database for the cascade switch.

For example, if the DSView 3 software database indicates the cascade switch has more than one connection to the same appliance, only switches with two or more inputs will be included in the list. The target side ports are also checked; if a cascade switch has a target device on port 14, only types that support 14 or more ports will be displayed.

4.Click Save and then click Close.