Avocent DSView Installer/User Manual page 114

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• Target Devices - Name, type and icon associated with the target device. You may also use this
window to connect to the target device. The available connection methods are determined by
the type of target device.
Power information appears only if the target device is a power device and the user has power
control rights. In this case, the user may power up, power down or cycle the power of the
target device.
• Target Devices with a DSI5100 IPMI connection - Name, type and icon associated with the
IPMI target device, the power state of the target device chassis power and tools that may be
used to:
• Start an IPMI session with the IPMI target device.
• Perform a hard reset of the IPMI target device.
• Turn the identity light emitting diode (LED) on the IPMI target device on or off. If the
BMC does not have a fixed interval, the LED will turn on or off for 45 seconds.
• Power up, power down, cycle the power or perform a graceful shutdown of the IPMI
target device.
Other icons may appear, based on connections to other units.
• Managed appliances - Name and type of managed appliances and the tools that may be used to:
• Reboot
• Upgrade firmware
• Resynchronize
• Save or restore the configuration (valid only for DS1800 digital switches, CPS and CCM
appliances and DSR switches)
• Save or restore the user database (valid only for CPS and CCM appliances and certain
DSR switches)
The available tasks depend on the type of managed appliance and the user's access rights on
the managed appliance.
• EVR1500 environmental monitor or generic appliance - Name and type of EVR1500
environmental monitor or generic appliance and links for establishing a connection to it.
You may change the overview information for one target device from a Unit Overview window.
From a Units View window, you can change the type or icon for several target devices in one
operation. This may be helpful when you want to assign the same values to several units. See Unit
Properties on page 115.
To change overview information for a target device:
1. In a Units View window containing target devices (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 88), click on the name of a target device. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. Enter a name for the target device.
3. Enter a type for the target device.