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Chapter 3: Managing Units
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• IP Address - The IP address of a managed unit.
• Department - The name of the department to which a managed unit has been assigned.
• Location - The name of the location to which a managed unit has been assigned.
• Revision - The current firmware version that is installed on a managed unit.
• IQ name - The name of the IQ. Click the name of the IQ to display or change IQ information.
• IQ address - The IP address of the IQ. Click the name of the IQ to display or change
information.
Unit Overview windows
The Unit Overview window contains the following information about an individual unit:
• Managed Units - Name, Type, IP address, MAC address and Status of the managed units and
the tools that can be used to:
• Reboot
• Upgrade firmware
The available tasks depend on the type of managed unit.
To view overview information for a unit, click the name of a unit.
Adding Units Via the Add Unit Wizard
Before you can manage units in the HMX Manager, you must first add them to the HMX Manager
database. You can add units to the HMX Manager database using the Add Unit Wizard.
The Add Unit Wizard
The Add Unit Wizard allows you to:
• Add a single unit
• Discover units within an IP address range
• Discover units on an IP subnet address
The Add Unit Wizard can be launched from the following Units View windows:
• Units - All
• Units - All user stations
• Units - All IQs
Adding a single appliance
This procedure is valid for IQs and user stations.
NOTE: A unit can only be added to the HMX Manager database if it is powered up and attached to the network.