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• The needed power device license must be present, and the power device must be added to the
DSView 3 software.
The license is automatically downloaded from the DSView 3 server onto the ACS 6000 console
server, and then configuration and management can be performed either through the DSView
software or through the Web Manager.
Auto Discovery
An administrator can enable auto discovery for a serial port. If the hostname of the connected target
device is successfully discovered, the hostname is shown instead of the serial port alias. This
feature can save time for administrators because they do not need to enter port aliases manually.
NOTE: If the console server is being managed through DSView 3 software, hostname discovery can be
configured through the DSView 3 software.
Probe and match strings are used to probe the target device that is connected to the serial port and to
extract a hostname from the answer that is received in response to the probe string. The result of
each probe string is compared against all match strings. Each time no match is found, the next
probe string is sent until there are no more probe strings.
Default probe and answer strings used for auto discovery have a broad range and work in most
cases. An administrator can configure site-specific probe strings and answer strings.
NOTE: Probe string configuration requires knowledge of C-style escape sequences. Match strings require
knowledge of POSIX extended regular expressions. Hostnames longer than 31 characters are truncated when
the hostname is assigned to the serial port alias
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