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A site or custom field will not appear in the side navigation bar unless at least one site or custom
field has been defined, at least one unit is associated with the site or custom field and the user has
access to the unit.
Topology view
The Topology window lists all units, cascade switches, SPC devices and outlets in a hierarchal tree
form. Units are arranged in a parent-child hierarchy, with children (target devices) tiered under
their parent managed appliance. An SPC power control device will appear as a cascade device
attached to a CPS or CCM appliance or DSR switch that supports SPC devices. Each outlet will
appear with a power indicator cascaded below the port.
The following rules apply to the Topology window:
• If a target device is connected to multiple switches or appliances, it will appear multiple times
in the Topology window.
• Cascade devices, such as SPC devices and AutoView and OutLook legacy analog KVM
switches, may not be modified from the Topology window.
• If the Topology window has been customized to display items using multiple pages, and a par-
ent managed appliance and its children (target devices) cannot be displayed in a single Topol-
ogy window page, it will be repeated on subsequent pages. A repeated unit will contain
(continued...) after its name. If the Items per Page setting has been customized to a number so
small that all parents cannot be repeated, only the parent closest to the target device will
be repeated.
Scan mode is not available when using the Topology view.
Other links
The side navigation bar also contains the following links that may be used to perform other unit
related tasks:
• Clicking Active Sessions accesses the Active Sessions window, which may be used to remove
or display information about target device sessions. See Managing Active Sessions on
page 116 for more information.
• Clicking Custom Field Labels specifies information for custom fields. See Managing units by
custom fields on page 131 for more information.
• Clicking Tools accesses unit tools. See Using Unit Tools on page 231 for more information.
To display managed appliances in the Appliances window:
1. From the DSView Explorer, click the Units tab. Units is automatically selected in the top nav-
igation bar and Unit Views is automatically selected in the side navigation bar.
2. Under Unit Views in the side navigation bar, click Appliances. The Appliances - All window
will open, including all managed appliances on your system.
3. Click on one of the managed appliance links in the side navigation bar to display the
Appliances window you wish to view.
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