HP 8/20q HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide (5697-0460, - Page 113

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2. (Optional) Manage the controller by right-clicking a controller icon to open a shortcut menu. The shortcut menu may contain the following items (not all menu items are available for every controller): • Reset Controller (MSA storage only)-Click this to reinitialize all controllers and invalidate their caches. • Controller Details-Click this to view details of the selected controller (Figure 86), including its name, status, identifier, and health. It also lists its ports and active logical disks. Figure 86 Controller Details dialog box 3. (Optional) Manage the disk drives by right-clicking a drive icon to open a shortcut menu. The shortcut menu may contain the following items (not all menu items are available for every disk drive): • Set Drive as Hot Spare-Click this to designate the selected drive as a standby drive in case another drive fails (Figure 87). • Remove Drive as Hot Spare-Click this to return the selected drive to the pool of drives available for logical disk creation. • Blink Drive (MSA storage only)-Click this to begin blinking an LED indicator on the drive so that you can identify it (Figure 87). • Stop Drive Blinking (MSA storage only)-Click this to stop blinking the LED indicator that you have previously set to blink. • Set Drive Status-Click this to open the Set Drive Status dialog box (Figure 88) and select a status (for example, available, offline, not ready, or failed). • Drive Details-Click this to open the Drive Details dialog box (Figure 89) and view details of the selected disk drive, including its name, status, identifier, health, bus, slot, and size. Additional details include the storage pool name, RAID type, and a list of its logical disks. HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide 113

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2.
(Optional) Manage the controller by right-clicking a controller icon to open a shortcut menu. The
shortcut menu may contain the following items (not all menu items are available for every controller):
•
Reset Controller
(MSA storage only)—Click this to reinitialize all controllers and invalidate their
caches.
•
Controller Details
—Click this to view details of the selected controller (
Figure 86
), including its
name, status, identifier, and health. It also lists its ports and active logical disks.
Figure 86
Controller Details dialog box
3.
(Optional) Manage the disk drives by right-clicking a drive icon to open a shortcut menu. The shortcut
menu may contain the following items (not all menu items are available for every disk drive):
•
Set Drive as Hot Spare
—Click this to designate the selected drive as a standby drive in case another
drive fails (
Figure 87
).
•
Remove Drive as Hot Spare
—Click this to return the selected drive to the pool of drives available for
logical disk creation.
•
Blink Drive
(MSA storage only)—Click this to begin blinking an LED indicator on the drive so that
you can identify it (
Figure 87
).
•
Stop Drive Blinking
(MSA storage only)—Click this to stop blinking the LED indicator that you have
previously set to blink.
•
Set Drive Status
—Click this to open the Set Drive Status dialog box (
Figure 88
) and select a status
(for example, available, offline, not ready, or failed).
•
Drive Details
—Click this to open the Drive Details dialog box (
Figure 89
) and view details of the
selected disk drive, including its name, status, identifier, health, bus, slot, and size. Additional
details include the storage pool name, RAID type, and a list of its logical disks.