User guide

Chapter 4: Managing Units 127
To hide a unit:
1. Click Customize in a Unit Views window. The Units View Customization window will appear.
2. Click Visibility in the Available Fields column and then click Add. Visibility will be moved to
the Fields to Show column.
3. Click Show hidden items if you wish to display hidden units in the Unit Views window with a
transparent icon.
4. Click Save and then click Close. The Unit Views window will appear containing the Visibility
column. The Visibility column will display Hide for units that are not hidden.
5. Click Hide. The display of the selected unit will be turned off in the Unit Views window if
Show hidden items was not selected in the Unit Views Customization window. If Show hidden
items was selected, the hidden unit will appear with a transparent icon.
To show a hidden unit:
1. Click Customize in a Unit Views window. The Units View Customization window will appear.
2. Click Visibility in the Available Fields column and then click Add. Visibility will be moved to
the Fields to Show column.
3. Click Show hidden items.
4. Click Save and then click Close. The Unit Views window will appear containing the hidden
items and the Visibility column. Hidden items will have a transparent icon and the Visibility
column will display Show.
5. Click Show. The selected unit will be made visible, the transparent icon will be changed to a
non-transparent icon and the Visibility column will display Hide.
Customizing Unit Views windows
By default, the following fields appear in the windows displayed by clicking Units in the tab bar,
Units in the top option bar and clicking any of the side navigation bar links beneath Unit Views:
• Name - Displays the names of units. You may click on a name to display and modify
information or specify an icon to associate with a unit. See Managing Units on page 147 for
more information.
• Type - Displays the type of target device or model of managed appliance. See Modifying unit
overview information on page 147 for information on assigning a type to a target device.
• Status - Displays the current activity level of a unit.
The following status IDs may display for units:
• Idle - The unit is powered up with no connection.
• In Use - The unit has at least one active connection.
• Status Unknown - The status of the unit was reported to the DSView software but cannot
be obtained for an unknown reason.