User guide

To display cascade switch port settings and initiate a push/pull name operation:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the KVM switch name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar. Click Ports and then click Cascade
Switches. The Appliance Cascade Switches window will open.
3. To initiate a pull or push name operation (see Name Synchronization on page 141), click
the checkboxes to the left of one or more device name(s). To select all names on the page,
click the box to the left of Appliance Name at the top of the list.
• For a pull operation, click Pull Name.
• For a push operation, click Push Name.
To change the name in appliance for a cascade switch:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 118), click on the KVM switch name.
2. Click Appliance Settings in the side navigation bar. Click Ports and then click Cascade
Switches. The Appliance Cascade Switches window will open.
3. Click on a cascade switch name. The Cascade Switch Settings window will open.
4. Change the name in the appliance. If the automatic name pull feature is enabled, see
Automatic name pull on page 143 for the effect.
5. If you changed the appliance name, click Save.
6. Click Close when you are finished.
To change the Name in DSView for a cascade switch:
1. In a Units View window containing appliances and using the topology feature (see
Accessing Units View windows on page 118 and Topology view on page 116), click on the
name of a cascade switch. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. In the Name field, change the name that will be used in the DSView software.
3. If the cascade switch is uniquely identified (for example, a power device or an AutoView
2000 switch), that type will automatically be entered in the Type field and cannot be
changed.
If the appliance cannot uniquely identify the cascade switch type, the Type field will
include a list of compatible units from which you may choose. A compatible unit will
have at least as many inputs and outputs as the DSView software indicates in its
database for the cascade switch.
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