Avocent SPC420 manual Merging target device endpoints, To merge target devices

308DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide

To merge target devices:

1.Click the Units tab.

2.Click Tools in the side navigation bar. The Unit Tools window will open.

3.Click the Merge Target Devices icon or link. The Merge Target Devices Wizard will appear.

4.The Select Target Devices to Merge window will open.

•To add one or more target devices to the merge list, select the target device(s) in the Available Target Devices list, then click Add. The target devices will be moved to the Target Devices to Merge list.

•To remove one or more target devices from the merge list, select the target device(s) from the Target Devices to Merge list, then click Remove. The target devices will be moved to the Available Target Devices list.

•To merge target devices in a particular order, select one or more target devices in the Target Devices to Merge list and use the up and down arrows to move the selected target devices up or down in the listing. Once the order has been specified, select Merge missing properties to the target device based on the order of the devices in the “Target Devices to Merge” list.

The merged target devices will contain the name of the first target device in the Target Device to Merge list. For example, if you are merging two target devices named TD1 and TD2, and TD2 is listed before TD1, the merged target device will be named TD2.

Click Next.

5.The Confirm Target Device Merge window will open. Click Next to confirm merging the connection paths into the specified destination target device. See Connections to Units on page 181.

6.The Completed Successful window will open.

7.Click Finish. The Units Tools window will open.

Merging target device endpoints

As an alternative to merging target device connections one at a time, the Merge Target EndPoints Wizard allows you to simultaneously merge multiple target devices and power outlets. The target device endpoint is defined as the target device or power outlet at the end of the connection path. For more information about connections, see Connections to Units on page 181.

To merge target device endpoints:

1.Click the Units tab.

2.Click Tools in the side navigation bar. The Unit Tools window will open.

3.Click the Merge Target EndPoints icon or link. The Merge Target EndPoints window will appear.

4.From the Available Power Devices list, select the power devices that contain power connections to be merged with target devices and click Add.