HP 8/20q HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide (5697-0633, - Page 119

Reset Controller, Controller Details, Set Drive as Hot Spare, Blink Drive, Stop Drive Blinking

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Figure 92 Manage Storage Subsystem dialog box 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)-Reinitializes all controllers and invalidate their caches. • Controller Details-Displays all of the selected controller (Figure 93), including its name, status, identifier, and health. It also lists its ports and active logical disks. Figure 93 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-Designates the selected drive as a standby drive in case another drive fails (Figure 94). • Remove Drive as Hot Spare-Returns the selected drive to the pool of drives available for logical disk creation. • Blink Drive (MSA storage only)-Begins blinking an LED indicator on the drive so that you can identify it (Figure 94). • Stop Drive Blinking (MSA storage only)-Stops blinking the LED indicator that you have previously set to blink. • Set Drive Status-Opens the Set Drive Status dialog box (Figure 95) to a status (for example, available, offline, not ready, or failed). • Drive Details-Opens the Drive Details dialog box (Figure 96) and displays 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 119

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HP StorageWorks Simple SAN Connection Manager User Guide
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Figure 92
Manage Storage Subsystem dialog box
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)—Reinitializes all controllers and invalidate their caches.
Controller Details
—Displays all of the selected controller (
Figure 93
), including its name, status,
identifier, and health. It also lists its ports and active logical disks.
Figure 93
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
—Designates the selected drive as a standby drive in case another drive fails
(
Figure 94
).
Remove Drive as Hot Spare
—Returns the selected drive to the pool of drives available for logical
disk creation.
Blink Drive
(MSA storage only)—Begins blinking an LED indicator on the drive so that you can
identify it (
Figure 94
).
Stop Drive Blinking
(MSA storage only)—Stops blinking the LED indicator that you have previously
set to blink.
Set Drive Status
—Opens the Set Drive Status dialog box (
Figure 95
) to a status (for example,
available, offline, not ready, or failed).
Drive Details
—Opens the Drive Details dialog box (
Figure 96
) and displays 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.