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60 Spheras Storage Director Installation and User Guide
4.3.3 Controller Menu
Figure 32 Controller menu
The Controller Menu contains the following options:
Properties: Allows you to change or modify various parameters for the selected controller.
Configure Unused Storage: Configures unused storage with assistance or manually.
Change Host/LUN mapping: Opens the Host/LUN mapping dialog box for you to modify the mapping.
Delete Storage Configuration: Deletes the configuration of the selected controller.
Backup Controller Configuration: Saves the configuration.
Restore Controller Configuration: Downloads a controller configuration from a file to the controller.
Reboot: Reboots the controller and brings the controllers out of conservative cache.
Shutdown: Sets the controller into conservative cache mode and prepares for a reboot. See 7.10
Shutting Down a Controller on page 195 for more information.
Stop Partner Controller: If a running partner controller exists, this feature forces the partner controller to go
Offline and puts the system in a failover state. This item is disabled if any of the
following conditions exist:
• If a partner controller is not running
• If a long operation task is running.
Restart Partner Controller: If a running partner controller has stopped, this feature brings the partner controller
back online and resumes Duplex mode. This item is disabled if any of the following
conditions exist:
• If a running partner controller exists
• If a long operation task is running.
Update Firmware: Updates the selected controller’s firmware.
Edit WWN Table: Contains entries for every host that has ever accessed the controller. Allows you to
remove old host references from the table.
Disk Scrubbing: Causes all RAID configured drives and hot spares (no un-configured drives) to be
checked periodically, to identify potential problems before data is written to or