Add appliance wizard
Click the Add button to open the Add Appliance wizard. This wizard will guide you through the steps to add the PDU to the network.
On the second screen of the wizard, you will see three options to add an appliance: Add a single appliance by type, add one or more appliances by IP address and discover appliances on the network from an IPv4 address range or IPv6 subnet.
To add a single appliance by type:
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Click the radio button next to Add a Single Appliance by Type. Select Liebert MPH-NB Rack PDU, Liebert MPH-NC Rack PDU or Liebert MPX Rack PDU in the Product field, then click Next. |
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Enter the IP address for the PDU to be added and enter either public or private in the Read Community and Write Community fields. Click Next. |
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The DSView 3 software will search for the PDU on the network. Once the PDU has been found, click Next then click Finish. |
To add one or more appliances by IP address:
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Click the radio button next to Add One or More Appliances by IP Address then click Next. |
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Enter the IP address for the PDU(s) to be added in the Addresses field, port information in the HTTP Port and HTTPS Port fields and enter either public or private in the Read Community and Write Community fields. Click Next. |
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The DSView 3 software will search for the PDUs you specified on the network. Once the PDUs have been found, select the PDU(s) you want to add in the Appliances Found field then click Add to move them to the Appliances to Add field. Click Next. The Select Options screen appears. |
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Select the options you want from the Select Options screen and click Next, then click Finish. |
To discover appliances on the network:
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Click the radio button next to Discover Appliances on the Network from an IPv4 Address Range or from an IPv6 Subnet. |
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Click the radio button next to Use IPv4 address range and enter the IPv4 address range. Enter either public or private in the Read Community and Write Community fields. |
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Click the radio button next to Use IPv6 subnet and enter the IPv6 network prefix.
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The DSView 3 software will search the network address range you provided. Select the PDU you want to add from the Appliances Found field and click Add to move it to the Appliances to Add field. Do this for each PDU you want to add, then click Next. |
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Select the options you want and click Next. The DSView 3 software will add the PDU. Click Finish. |
NOTE: Liebert receptacles do not have default names that are unique to the PDU. It is recommended that you uncheck the box that reads: Allow target devices with the same name to be merged into a single target.