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Configuring ports on cascade devices, The Name Modify window

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66 Global Console Manager Installation and User's Guide To assign names to target devices, complete the following steps: 1. In the Names window, select a target device and click Modify. The Name Modify window opens. Figure 4.4: Name Modify window 2. Type a name in the New Name field. Names can be up to 15 characters long. Valid characters are A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, space, and hyphen. 3. Click OK. The selection is not saved until you click OK in the Names window. 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each target device in the switching system. 5. Click OK in the Names window to save the changes, or click X or press Escape to exit without saving changes. If a CO cable has not been assigned a name, its eID is used as the default name. To list target devices alphabetically by name, press Alt+N or click Name in the Main window. Configuring ports on cascade devices The GCM2 or GCM4 appliance automatically discovers attached tiered appliances and switches (cascade devices), but you must specify the number of ports on each cascade device through the Devices window. IBM Console Switches and other earlier-model appliances are listed in the Type category for the tiered appliance.

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Global Console Manager Installation and User’s Guide
To assign names to target devices, complete the following steps:
1.
In the Names window, select a target device and click
Modify
. The Name Modify window
opens.
Figure 4.4: Name Modify window
2.
Type a name in the
New Name
field. Names can be up to 15 characters long. Valid characters
are A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, space, and hyphen.
3.
Click
OK
. The selection is not saved until you click
OK
in the Names window.
4.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 for each target device in the switching system.
5.
Click
OK
in the Names window to save the changes, or click
X
or press Escape to exit without
saving changes.
If a CO cable has not been assigned a name, its eID is used as the default name. To list target
devices alphabetically by name, press Alt+N or click
Name
in the Main window.
Configuring ports on cascade devices
The GCM2 or GCM4 appliance automatically discovers attached tiered appliances and switches
(cascade devices), but you must specify the number of ports on each cascade device through the
Devices window. IBM Console Switches and other earlier-model appliances are listed in the Type
category for the tiered appliance.