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Connections to units, Connection display format – Avocent Network Device SPC420 User Manual

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1.

In a Units View window containing target devices (see Accessing Units View windows on
page 106), click
Active Modem Sessions in the side navigation bar. The Active Modem
Sessions window will open.

2.

Click the checkbox to the left of the sessions. To disconnect all sessions, click the checkbox to
the left of Duration at the top of the list. (If you do not have permission to disconnect an active
session, you will not be able to select its checkbox or the checkbox at the top of the list.)

3.

Click Disconnect. A confirmation dialog box will appear. Confirm or cancel the disconnect.

Connections to Units

The Connections link displays either target device or managed appliance connections.

The Target Device Connections window lists all connections to the target device. You may also
use this window to add or delete a connection to or from the target device.

The Appliance Connections window lists all connections from the managed appliance to
cascade switches or target devices. You may rename the units which are part of the connection
path through this window.

NOTE: Merged target devices appear as separate connections in the Connections window.

Connection display format

Connections typically appear in a format similar to the following for connections to target devices,
cascade switches and power devices:

()

()

switch one

device>

()

()

()

The following examples illustrate typical connections that may appear in your DSView 3 software.

Example: Target device connections

In the following example, there are three target devices connected to ports 3, 4 and 8 of a DSR1021
switch named dsr-1021-huntsville. The DSR1021 switch ports are connected to the three target
devices using IQ modules. The IQ module with an EID of 520255-044F6F is connected to target
device td-john, while 520255-03F757 is connected to td-mary and 520255-016BE0 is connected to
td-tim.

dsr-1021-huntsville(3)

520255-044F6F

td-john

dsr-1021-huntsville(4)

520255-03F757

td-mary

dsr-1021-huntsville(8)

520255-016BE0

td-tim