Specifications

Chapter 4 Units View Windows
3. Enable the Show hidden items checkbox if you wish to display hidden units in the Units View Customization window
with a transparent icon.
4. Click Save and then click Close. The window will open, containing the Visibility column. The Visibility column will
display Hide for each unit.
5. Click Hide for each unit.
The display of the selected unit will be turned off in the Units View window if Show hidden items was not selected
in the Units View Customization window.
If Show hidden items was selected, the hidden unit will appear with a transparent icon.
To hide multiple units with one operation:
1. In a Units View window, click the checkbox next to the units you want to hide from display. To select all units on the
page, click the checkbox to the left of Name at the top of the list.
2. Click Operations, then select Hide Units from the drop-down menu.
To show hidden units:
1. In a Units View window click Customize. The Units View Customization window will open.
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 Units View window will open, containing the hidden items and the Visibility
column. Hidden items will have a transparent icon and the Visibility field will contain Show.
5. Click Show in the Visibility column for the unit(s) you want to display. The unit will be made visible, the icon will no
longer be transparent and the Visibility field will change to Hide.
4.3 Units View Windows Fields
The following fields may appear in Units View windows.
• Name in DTL Control - Name of the unit as defined in the DTX Control database. Click on the name to display or
change unit information.
• Type - Type of target device or managed appliance model. Managed appliance types cannot be changed; to assign a
type to a target device.
• Status - Current activity level of a unit. Table 4.1 lists and describes the possible values.
Table 4.1: Unit Status Values
Unit type Status and Icon Icon Description
Any unit Idle N/A The unit is powered up with no connection.
Any unit In Use The unit has at least one active connection.
Any unit Status Unknown The status of the unit was reported to the software but cannot be obtained for an unknown reason.
Target
devices
No Power The target device is powered down.
Target
devices
No device attached
(topology view only)
N/A The port does not have a target device attached.
Managed
appliances
Not Responding
The managed appliance did not provide status information. This may occur for multiple reasons, such as
the appliance is not powered up or it is disconnected from the DTX Control system.
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