User's Manual

To show hidden units:
1. In a Units View window (see Accessing Units View windows on page 111) 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.
Units View windows fields
The following fields may appear in Units View windows. You may enable or disable a field’s
display using the Customize link. See Using the Customize link in windows on page 30.
• Name in Appliance - Name of the unit as defined in the appliance. Click on the name to
display or change unit information.
• Name in RPM - Name of the unit as defined in the Rack Power Manager software database.
• Type - Type of managed appliance model. Managed appliance types cannot be changed; to
assign a type to a target device, see Unit Overview Windows on page 116.
• Status - Current activity level of a unit. Table 8.1 lists and describes the possible values.
Table 8.1: 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.
Managed appli-
ances
Not Responding
The managed appliance did not provide status inform-
ation. This may occur for multiple reasons, such as
the appliance is not powered up or it is disconnected
from the Rack Power Manager software system.
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