Controller Dashboard

The Controller dashboard allows you to perform controller-related actions and view all the information pertaining to a controller.

The following figure and table describe this page.

Figure 1. Controller Dashboard
Table 1. Controller Dashboard Description
Callout Description
1

Controller Summary – Displays the name of the controller. The color-coded icons indicate the status of the controller card. Displays the basic controller properties, such as the controller serial number, vendor ID, SAS address, driver version, device ID, and host interface.

Click the icon to view the advanced properties of the controller, such as the NVRAM details, data protection information properties, BIOS version, firmware properties, drive security properties, and emergency spare properties.

2

Controller Views – Displays the configured drive groups, virtual drives, and physical drives associated with the selected controller card. Also displayed is the hardware, such as enclosures, backplanes, and the CacheVault™ module associated with the controller. All these views are displayed as tabs.

Click the icon to view detailed information about the device. For example, click a drive group to view the associated virtual drives and physical drives. Select any device from the expanded view to perform relevant actions and view device properties.

3

Controller Actions – Lets you perform some of the following actions:

  • Create a configuration.
  • Clear a configuration.
  • Manage the Profile.
  • Manage link speed.
  • Update the controller firmware.
  • Enable or disable SSD Guard.
  • View Premium features.
  • Show events.
  • Dump a snapshot when a fault occurs.
  • Enable or disable drive security.
  • Import or clear foreign configurations.