Avocent AV Works, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 3: AVWorks Explorer 17
a. The Existing Cascade Switches field contains all the current switches defined in the
database. Click
Add, Delete or Modify to alter the list.
b. Associate the appropriate switch type from the pull-down menus for each AVRIQ module
that has a switch attached.
6. When complete, click Finish to exit the Wizard and return to the main window. Your appliance
should now appear in the Unit list.
To discover an appliance by IP address:
1. Select Tools - Discover from the Explorer menu. The Discover Wizard appears. Click Next .
2. The Address Range page appears. Type the range of IP addresses to search on the network in
the To and From boxes. Use IP address dot notation. Click Next.
3. The Searching Network progress bar appears. Progress text indicates how many addresses
have been probed from the total number specified by the range, and the number of appliances
found (for example, 21 of 100 addresses probed: 3 appliances found). If one or more new
appliances are discovered, the Wizard shows the Select Appliances to Add page. From this
page, you may choose the appliances to add to the local database.
-or-
If no new appliances were found (or if you clicked
Stop ), the Wizard will show the No New
Appliances Found page and you will have to add the appliance manually.
4. Select one or more appliances to add and click the Add (>) icon to move the selection(s) to the
Appliances to Add list. When the Appliances to Add list contains all the appliances you wish
to add, click
Next .
5. The Adding Appliances progress bar appears. Once all of the appliances have been added to
the local database, the Discover Wizard Completed page appears. Click Finish to exit the
Wizard and return to the main window. The new appliance should now appear in the Unit list.
If one or more appliances could not be added to the local database for any reason (including if
you clicked
Stop during the add process), the Discover Wizard Not All Appliances Added page
appears. This page will list all of the appliances that you selected and the status for each. The
status will indicate if an appliance was added to the local database and if not, why the process
failed. Click
Done when you are finished reviewing the list.
NOTE: If an appliance already exists in the database with the same IP address as a discovered unit, then the
discovered unit will be ignored and will not display on the next Wizard page.
The Discover Wizard will not automatically find devices attached to the appliance. After running
the Discover Wizard, access the appropriate AMP and click the
Resync button to find devices
attached to the appliance.
Managing Cached Credentials
To access appliances and devices, you must first enter a username and password (credentials) if
password protection is enabled on the unit. AVWorks software offers credential caching, which