Starting a component association

This topic describes how to associate an unknown managed system or device with a predefined component in IBM® Director.

Some managed systems and devices are not rack mountable until they are associated with predefined components. This association occurs when the inventory-collection function of IBM Director does not recognize the managed system or device.

Complete the following steps to associate an unknown managed system or device with a predefined component:

  1. From the Floor tree in the Topology view, right-click the managed system or device and click Associate.
  2. In the Associate window, expand the applicable tree and click the predefined component type that most closely resembles the managed system or device in size.
  3. Click OK. The properties of the component that was associated with that managed system or device are displayed in the lower-right subpane.
You can change the association of a component by first canceling the component association and then associating it with a different predefined component.

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