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b. Click on the DSR1021 switch. The Unit Overview window will open.
c. Click Properties in the side navigation bar and then click Custom Fields . The Unit Custom
Fields window will open, including the custom field names defined in step 1.
d. In the Test Configuration field, type
Initial Configuration
.
e. In the Appliances and target devices field, type DSR1021 Switches .
f. In the Manager field, type
John Smith
.
g. Click Save and then click Close . The Appliance - All window will open. The side
navigation bar will now include Test Configuration instead of Custom Field Labels.
3. The test configuration will also include an EVR1500 environmental monitor that is managed
by Mary Jones. The EVR1500 environmental monitor has also not been verified for the final
configuration, so the administrator will include it in the Initial Configuration group.
a. In the Appliances - All window, click on the EVR1500 environmental monitor. The Unit
Overview window will open.
b. Click Properties in the side navigation bar and then click Custom Fields . The Unit Custom
Fields window will open, including the custom field names defined in step 1.
c. In the Test Configuration field, type
Initial Configuration
.
d. In the Appliances and target devices field, type EVR1500 Environmental Monitors .
e. In the Manager field, type
Mary Jones
.
f. Click Save and then click Close . The Appliance - All window will open.
4. The configuration of a generic appliance has been verified, so the administrator wants to create
a group named Final Configuration that will contain the final test units. The group will contain
one generic appliance managed by Tim Brown.
a. In the Appliances - All window, click on the generic appliance. The Unit Overview
window will open.
b. Click Properties in the side navigation bar and then click Custom Fields . The Unit Custom
Fields window will open, including the custom field names you defined in step 1.
c. In the Test Configuration field, type
Final Configuration
.
d. In the Appliances and target devices field, type Generic Appliances .
e. In the DSView software users field, type
Tim Brown
.
f. Click Save and then click Close . The Appliance - All window will open.
Figure 4.2 indicates how the side navigation bar will appear after the example procedure. Clicking
on a custom field link displays the units associated with that custom field.