User guide

82 DSView Installer/User Guide

Target device types are defined by users. If a type has been assigned to a target device, the type

name will appear under Target Devices in the side navigation bar. For example, if you assign a type

of Windows 2000 program to three target devices, a Windows 2000 link will appear in the side

navigation bar. Clicking on the link will display the three target devices, as well as any other

existing target devices assigned that type.

Topology view

The Topology window lists all units, cascade switches, SPC devices and outlets in a hierarchal tree

form. Units are arranged in a parent-child hierarchy, with children (target devices) tiered under

their parent managed appliance. An SPC power control device will appear as a cascade device

attached to a CPS or CCM appliance or DSR switch that supports SPC devices. Each outlet will

appear with a power indicator cascaded below the port.

The following rules apply to the Topology window:

• If a target device is connected to multiple switches or appliances, it will appear multiple times

in the Topology window.

• Cascade devices, such as SPC devices and AutoView and OutLook legacy analog KVM

switches, may not be modified from the Topology window.

• If the Topology window has been customized to display items using multiple pages, and a par-

ent managed appliance and its children (target devices) cannot be displayed in a single Topol-

ogy window page, it will be repeated on subsequent pages. A repeated unit will contain

(continued...) after its name. If the Items per Page setting has been customized to a number so

small that all parents cannot be repeated, only the parent closest to the target device will

be repeated.

Scan mode is not available when using the Topology view.

To display units and SPC devices and outlets in the Topology window:

1. Click Units in the tab bar. Units will automatically be selected in the top navigation bar.

2. Click Topology in the side navigation bar. The Topology window will open with a display of

all appliances in addition to SPC devices and outlets in your system.