Avocent DSView 3, Installer/User Manual

Page: 115 / 384

Chapter 4: Managing Units 97
• If you are in any other Units View window (which are considered mixed Units View - Active
Sessions, Sites, Departments, Locations, custom fields, Groups, Recently Accessed), you can
add a managed appliance or a target device.
When a unit is added to the DSView 3 software database, it is also added to the current Units View.
For example, if you are viewing units in the department named Accounting and click
Add , the
newly added unit will automatically be added to the Accounting department.
Adding a single managed appliance
This procedure is valid for the following managed appliances: DSR switch, DS1800 digital switch,
DSI5100 appliance, CCM appliance and CPS appliance. It may also be valid for appliances
supported by a plug-in; see the appropriate documentation.
To add a single managed appliance:
1. In a Units View window containing managed appliances (see Accessing Units View windows
on page 88), click Add . The Add Appliance Wizard will open. Click Next .
2. The Select Add Unit Procedure window will open. Click Add a single appliance , then
click Next .
3. If you were not in an appliance type Units View window when you clicked Add in the first
step, the Select Appliance Type window will open. Select a managed appliance from the
product list, then click
Next .
If you were in an appliance type Units View window when you clicked Add in the first step, go
to the next step.
4. A Select Address Configuration of Appliance window will open, including the type of the
managed appliance.
• If the managed appliance does not have an address, click No, the <Managed Appliance
Type> does not have an address . Go to the next step.
• If the managed appliance has an address, click Yes, the <Managed Appliance Type> does
have an address and either type the address or the fully qualified domain name for the
managed appliance. Go to step 7.
5. The Configure Appliance Network Settings window will open.
a. Type the IP address and subnet mask, in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx), for the
managed appliance.
b. Optionally, type a gateway in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
c. Click Next .
6. The Select Appliance to Add window will open. Select the entry, then click Next .
7. The Select Options window will open. (For more information about the options that affect
adding target devices connected to the appliance, see
Topology Synchronization on page 109.)
This window will not appear when adding a CCM appliance that is using firmware compatible
with AVWorks software; see
Task: Migrating AVWorks software CCM appliances on
page 285.