Avocent SPC420 manual Importing DSView 2.x software databases

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5.Click Refresh to display a list of power connections.

6.For each power connection you wish to merge, type the name of the target device you wish to merge with the power connection. The target device name entered must match the name of the target device in the DSView 3 database; target device names are case-sensitive and 1-64 characters long.

7.Click Merge.

Importing DSView 2.x software databases

NOTE: This procedure is available only when the DSView 3 software is installed on a supported Windows system.

The Import DSView 2.x software database tool allows you to import an existing DSView 2.x software database into the DSView 3 software system. When a database is imported, the following items will be imported:

•Units, including attached cascade switches, power devices and target devices

•Users and user groups with unit access rights

•Authentication services, including Windows NT domains, LDAP and local accounts

•System settings, including the ability to display connected users, connection sharing, status polling and delay rates and when the event log is deleted

The following actions occur when a DSView 2.x software database is imported into the DSView 3 management software system:

•A global unit group is created in the system for each group found in the DSView 2.x software database. The DSView 3 software does not provide DSView 2.x software Topology unit group nesting. Unit group names added to the system are a concatenation of the hierarchical names found in the DSView 2.x software, including the truncation of names when necessary.

•If a user had Admin rights in the DSView 2.x software for all nodes in the tree (including the Topology node), the user will be added as a member and inherit the access rights of a DSView administrator user group member in the DSView 3 software.

If a user had Admin rights in the DSView 2.x software for all nodes in the tree except for the Topology node, the user will be added as a member and inherit the access rights of an appliance administrator user group member in the DSView 3 software.

If a user had any other type rights in the DSView 2.x software, the user will be added as a member of the user group in the DSView 3 software. Access rights are set for units to which the user has access as follows:

•A user with User rights to a target device in the DSView 2.x software will be assigned the Establish Viewer Sessions access right in the DSView 3 software.

•A user with Admin rights to a target device in the DSView 2.x software will be assigned the Configure Unit Settings, Establish Viewer Sessions and Control Target Device Power access rights in the DSView 3 software.