Avocent Network Device SPC420 - Manual (Page 350)

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3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Upgrade firmware of selected appliances of the same type from the drop-down menu.
Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see Specifying when to run tasks on page 320), and then click
Next.
6. The Select Unit Group window will open. Select All Appliances or select a particular unit
group to upgrade from the menu. See Unit Groups on page 210. Then click Next.
7. The Select Appliance Type window will open. Select the type of managed appliance that you
wish to upgrade, then click Next.
8. The Select Appliances window will open. Select one or more managed appliance to be
upgraded from the Available Appliances list, then click Add. The appliances will be moved to
the Appliances to Configure list.
9. Click Finish.
Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server
This task may be used to ensure that LDAP, Active Directory and NT external authentication
services contain accounts for users. Any user accounts not found on the external authentication
server will be flagged as suspicious (a question mark icon will appear to the left of the user’s
name). Suspicious accounts are indicated in event log files.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see Running tasks manually on
page 334.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear.
4. Select Validate external authentication server user accounts from the drop-down menu. Type a
1-64 character name for the task.
5. Select a time to run the task (see Specifying when to run tasks on page 320).
6. Click Finish.
Task: Pull names from selected units
Automatic name pull (see Automatic name pull on page 127) is not supported on some managed
appliances, including the LANDesk Server Manager. To keep these appliances synchronized with
the DSView 3 software, you may instead schedule the pull names task.
NOTE: For more information about LANDesk Server Manager integration, see the DSView 3 Software Plug-in for
LANDesk Server Manager online help.