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attached to an SPC port on a DSR switch), the port number on a cascaded switch or the socket
number on a cascaded power device (for example, A1). By default, the topology view sorts by
the Port column. The Port column is sorted by type, number and then unit name.
Expanding and collapsing the display follows the same rules as the side navigation bar. If the
arrow is pointing right, clicking it causes the children to be displayed (expanding/opening the
item). If the arrow is pointing down, clicking it causes the children to be hidden
(collapsing/closing the item).
If a port has a cascade switch or power control device attached, the unit name for that port will
include an arrow that can be used to expand/collapse the display of either all the ports on the
cascade switch or all the sockets on the power control device.
Ports on an appliance or a cascade switch that do not have units attached are also listed. The
Status column will indicate No Device Attached and the Type column will indicate the default
valid connection type for that port. The Action column will indicate Attach Device; see the
procedure in this section for how to attach device from this link.
If a target device is connected to multiple managed appliances, it will appear multiple times in
a topology view. If you select one occurrence of an item, all other occurrences are also selected.
If you expand a display and select one or more child items, collapsing the display will hide
those children and deselect them.
The Select All checkbox at the top of the list will only select displayed items on the current
page. Items that are hidden in a collapsed unit cannot be selected with the Select All checkbox.
In a topology view, the number of items per page value applies to appliances and children,
even if the display is collapsed and the children are not visible. You may also specify that the
topology view expand automatically when the Topology button is clicked. See Using the
Customize link in windows on page 30.
If you filter the display (see Filtering information in a window on page 28), and a child
matches the filter criteria, the parent(s) automatically open. If only an appliance matches the
filter criteria, the appliance is closed (unless the Expand View Automatically option is
enabled).
To enable or disable a topology view:
In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 118), click Topology.
Although you can enable the topology view in all Units View windows, it is only meaningful
in windows that contain managed appliances (parent units that have children). If you enable
topology view in a Units View window that contains only target devices, the only change will
be the addition of the Port column to the display.
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