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To change the default values of the options in the Resync Wizard:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.
3. Click Wizard Defaults in the side navigation bar, then click Resync Wizard.
4. The Resync Wizard Default Options window will open.
• If you enable the Remove offline connections checkbox, by default, any appliance
connections that are reported as offline in the appliance will be deleted from the Rack
Power Manager software database. The Resync Wizard does not add offline
connections to the Rack Power Manager software database.
• If you enable the Delete target devices that no longer have connections checkbox, by
default, any target devices that no longer have connections are permanently deleted
from the Rack Power Manager software database.
• If you enable the Allow target devices with the same name to be merged into a single
target device checkbox, by default, the connection to a target device in the appliance
will be merged with the connection(s) to an existing target device in the Rack Power
Manager software database.
• If a target device has a default name, you may indicate that, by default, it can be added
to the Rack Power Manager software database only if it supports specific connection
type(s) in the appliance. Enable the checkboxes for the specific connection types.
5. Click Save.
Automatic Inheritance for Group Memberships and Properties
You can allow new target devices to inherit group memberships and some properties from the
appliances to which the target devices are attached. Only location, contacts, notes and custom
field properties are inherited. For information about assigning properties to a unit, see Unit
Properties on page 136.
To enable automatic inheritance:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Global Properties in the top navigation bar.
3. Click Automatic Inheritance in the side navigation bar.
4. Click Save.
When automatic inheritance is enabled, the following occurs:
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