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DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
To initiate a name pull operation from a Units View window:
1. In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 106), click the
checkboxes next to one or more units. To select all units on the page, click the checkbox to the
left of the heading at the top of the list.
2. Click Operations , then select Pull Names from Appliance from the drop-down menu.
3. The Multiple Unit Operations window will open, containing a link to the Operation Results
window; see
Multiple unit operations from a Units View window on page 111.
Topology Synchronization
The topology synchronization operation updates the DSView 3 software database when a change
occurs in a managed appliance. Examples of changes are the adding/removing of an IQ adaptor,
cascade switch or power device.
Synchronization options include:
• Merge target device names - A target device that has connections to more than one appliance
managed by the DSView 3 software can appear as two different devices when the appliances
are added to the DSView 3 software database. For example, a server may have a serial console
port connected to a serial console appliance, which is used during the boot process. The same
server may also have a KVM connection to a KVM switch that is accessible after the server is
up and running. You may configure that target device to appear only once, and the DSView 3
software will provide the valid Action choices for accessing the device.
• Default target device names allowed for connection types - If a target device has a default
name, you may indicate that it can be added to the DSView 3 software database only if it
supports specific connection type(s) in the appliance - for example, KVM, serial or power.
• You may enable/disable deleting target devices that no longer have connections from the
DSView 3 software database.
You may enable or disable automatic topology synchronization. You may also control topology
synchronization manually by:
• Enabling or disabling options when the Add Unit Wizard runs.
• Enabling or disabling options when the Resync Wizard runs.
• Initiating a target device or cascade switch merge operation from a Unit Overview window.
• Initiate a target device merge operation from the Unit Tools window (see Merging target
devices on page 307).
• Initiating a cascade switch merge operation on two multiuser cascade switches in the same
appliance from a Units View window.
• Scheduling or manually running the update topology task (see Task: Update topology for
selected units on page 331).