Saving a managed appliance configuration, Restoring a managed appliance configuration – Avocent Network Device SPC420 User Manual

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7.

Click Next. The Completed Successful window will open.

8.

Click Finish. The Unit Overview window will open.

Saving a managed appliance configuration

You may save the configuration of a KVM switch or serial console appliance to a file. The
configuration file will contain information about the managed appliance, including the following:

Global settings

Port settings

SNMP trap settings

SNMP manager settings

The names of connected target devices

For information on restoring a configuration file, see Restoring a managed appliance configuration
on page 316.

To save a managed appliance configuration to a file:

1.

In the Unit Overview window, click the Save Configuration icon or link. The Save Appliance
Configuration Wizard will appear.

2.

Type a description of the configuration that will be saved and may be used if you wish to
restore the configuration at a later time, and then click Next.

3.

The Completed Successful window will open.

4.

Click Finish. The Unit Overview window will open.

Restoring a managed appliance configuration

You may restore the configuration of a KVM switch or serial console appliance. To restore the
configuration, a previously-saved configuration file must exist. See Saving a managed appliance
configuration
on page 316
.

Appliance configuration files are stored in the DSView 3 server appliance files repository. You
may display the available configuration files by clicking the System tab, clicking Appliance Files in
the top navigation bar and clicking Configuration in the side navigation bar.

To restore a managed appliance configuration:

1.

In the Unit Overview window, click the Restore Configuration icon or link. The Restore
Appliance Configuration Wizard will appear.

2.

Click the radio button to the left of the file containing the configuration you wish to restore,
and then click Next.

3.

The Completed Successful window will open.

4.

Click Finish. The Unit Overview window will open.

5.

Reboot the managed appliance to enable the restored configuration. See Rebooting on
page 313.

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