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88 DSView Installer/User Guide
6. Click Close. The Unit Views window will open, including the new information for the target
device. If you added a type that was not previously defined, it will appear under Target
Devices in the side navigation bar.
To start a session with a target device from the Unit Overview window:
1. From the side navigation bar, click Overview. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. Click on the icon or name of the session type you wish to start.
To change the power state of a target device:
NOTE: A user must have power control privileges and the target device must be connected to and powered by
an SPC device outlet.
1. From the side navigation bar, click Overview. The Unit Overview window will open.
2. Click the checkbox to the left of the SPC device outlet for which you wish to change the
power state.
-or-
Click the checkbox to the left of Connection at the top of the list to select all SPC device
outlets listed in the window.
3. Click On to power up the SPC device outlets.
-or-
Click the Off to power down the SPC device outlets.
-or-
Click Cycle to cycle the power (power down and then power up) on the target device
connected to the SPC device outlet.
To change the name of a managed appliance:
1. From a Unit Views window, click on a managed appliance name. Overview will automatically
be selected in the side navigation bar and the Unit Overview window will open.
2. Type a name for the managed appliance.
3. Click Save.
4. Click Close. The Unit Views window will open, including the new name of the
managed appliance.
Changing Unit Properties
A user with access rights may change the following properties for a unit:
Identity - May be helpful for quickly identifying information about a unit.
Location - May be helpful for identifying where a unit is. If no sites, departments or locations
are available, they may be added. See Grouping units by site on page 122, Grouping units by
department on page 125 and Grouping units by location on page 127 for more information.

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