Avocent DSView, Installer/User Manual

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10. Click Finish.
To add a managed appliance from a range of IP addresses:
NOTE: This procedure is valid for the following managed appliances: DS1800 digital switch, DSI5100 appliance,
CPS appliance, CCM appliance or DSR switch.
1. Click Add in the Unit Views window. The Add Unit Wizard will open. Click Next .
2. The Select Add Unit Procedure window will open. Click Discover appliances on the network
from an IP address range , then click Next .
3. The Type in Discover IP Address Range window will open.
a. Type the IP address in standard dot notation (xx.xx.xx.xx), from which to begin
the search.
b. Type the IP address in standard dot notation (xx.xx.xx.xx), at which to end the search.
c. Click Next .
4. The DSView software will search for managed appliances within the IP address range. When
the search is completed, the Select Appliances to Add window will open, listing the results.
5. Specify the managed appliance(s) you wish add:
a. Select a managed appliance in the Appliances found list. Multiple managed appliances
may be selected by pressing
Ctrl
while clicking on the managed appliance names.
b. Click Add . The managed appliance(s) will be moved to the Appliances to Add list.
To remove selected managed appliances, select the managed appliance you wish to
remove from the Appliances to Add list (multiple managed appliances may be selected by
pressing
Ctrl
while clicking on the managed appliance names) and then click Remove . The
managed appliances will be moved to the Appliances found list.
c. Click Next .
6. The Select Options window will open.
a. Click Enable secure mode if you want the managed appliance to only be accessible by this
DSView software system. In non-secure mode, the managed appliance may be added to
multiple DSView software systems.
This checkbox will not appear when adding a DSI5100 appliance, which may only be
added in Secure mode.
This checkbox will not appear when adding a CCM appliance that is using firmware
compatible with AVWorks software. The option will be displayed when the appliance is
migrated to DSView software (see
Task: Migrating AVWorks software CCM appliances
to DSView software compatible units on page 254).
b. Click Prevent target devices that contain default names from being added if you wish to
prevent the adding of any target devices whose port names have not been modified from
the factory defaults of the managed appliances.