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Con guring the network
2. In the Devices list view, select one or more devices. Use Ctrl + Click or Shift +
3. Right-click the selected device or devices and select
The Ping Devices dialog box reports the progress and results of the ping command
per device.
About hosts files and SiteConfig
SiteCon g uses the network information in the system description to de ne a hosts
le and allows you to view the hosts le. SiteCon g can manage this hosts le on
Windows operating system devices that are in the system description and that are part
of a SiteCon g managed network.
When you have successfully assigned devices and applied planned network settings
to interfaces, it is an indication that host table information, as currently captured in
the system description, is valid and that you are ready to have SiteCon g assemble
the host table information into a hosts le. Your options for placing this host table
information on devices are as follows:
If you choose to have SiteCon g write hosts les to devices, the process consumes
system resource and network bandwidth. Therefore you should wait until you have
veri ed the information for all devices/interfaces in the host le, rather than updating
hosts les incrementally as you discover/assign devices.
SiteCon g does not automatically deploy hosts les to managed devices as you add
or remove devices. If you add or remove devices from the system description, you
must re-deploy the modi ed hosts le to all devices.
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Click to select multiple devices.
The Ping Devices dialog box opens and lists the selected device or devices.
If you do not want SiteCon g to manage your host table information, you can
manage it yourself. This is typically the case if your facility has an existing hosts
le that contains host table information for devices that are not in the SiteCon g
system description. In this case, you can have SiteCon g generate a single hosts
le that contains the host table information for the devices in the system description.
You can then copy the desired host table information out of the SiteCon g hosts
le and copy it into your facility hosts le. You must then distribute your facility
hosts le to devices using your own mechanisms.
If you want SiteCon g to manage all information in hosts les on devices, you
can have SiteCon g copy its hosts le to devices. In so doing, SiteCon g overwrites
the existing hosts les on devices. Therefore, this requires that all devices that have
name resolution through the hosts le be con gured accordingly in the SiteCon g
system description.
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Ping
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