User guide
Managed Appliance Status
Appliances that have been automatically discovered are initially listed as Unmanaged Units.
To move an appliance to the managed units list:
1. In a Units View window, select Unmanaged Appliances.
2. Select one or more applicable appliances.
3. Click Operations, then select Move to Managed Devices. The appliance(s) are now
available from Units View windows containing appliances.
If an automatically discovered DSR switch that has been set as a managed appliance is deleted,
the DSView software attempts to automatically discover the DSR switch again and add it to
the Unmanaged Appliances list. The automatic discovery process continues unless the DSR
switch is turned off or has the DSView server address removed.
Managed Appliance SNMP Settings
This procedure is valid for supported KVM switches and serial console appliances. It may also
be valid for appliances supported by a plug-in; see the appropriate documentation.
The SNMP protocol is used to communicate management information between network
management applications and DSView software managed appliances using TCP/IP and IPX
protocols. Other external SNMP managers (such as Tivoli
®
) may communicate with your
managed appliances by accessing MIB-II (Management Information Base) and the public
portion of the enterprise MIB. MIB-II is a standard MIB that many SNMP target devices
support. The managed appliances will send their traps directly to the external SNMP manager
in addition to sending it to the server.
The following settings appear under SNMP in the side navigation bar:
• System - Enables/disables SNMP. When you enable SNMP, the managed appliance will
log SNMP received messages over UDP (User Datagram Protocol) port 161. UDP port 162
is used to listen for incoming traps.
• Managers - Stations that can manage the managed appliance.
• Community - Communities to which the traps belong.
• Destinations - Stations that can receive SNMP traps.
• Traps - Available traps and enabled/disabled traps.
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