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View controller settings in SANtricity System Manager

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You can view information about a controller, such as the status of the host interfaces, drive interfaces, and management ports.

Steps
  1. From the left panel, select menu:Hardware[Controllers and components].

  2. Do one of the following actions to display the controller settings:

    • Click the controller to display the context menu, and then select View settings.

    • Select the controller icon (next to the Shelf drop-down list). For duplex configurations, select either Controller A or Controller B from the dialog box, and then click Next.

      The Controller settings sliding menu opens.

  3. Review the sections to move between controller property settings.

    Field details
    Section Description

    Details

    Shows the controller status, date/time, model name, and replacement part number.

    Current configuration

    Shows the current firmware version and NVRAM version.

    Data cache

    Shows data cache totals.

    Data cache modules

    Shows cache module location, status, and capacity.

    Processor cache

    Shows processor cache totals.

    Cache backup devices

    Shows cache backup device location, status, and capacity.

    Host interfaces

    Shows host interface information and link status for each port.

    Drive interfaces

    Shows drive interface information and link status for each port.

    Management port settings

    Shows management port details, including controller hostname, remote login, and IP network settings.

    Domain name system (DNS) server settings

    Shows DNS configuration, primary DNS server, and backup DNS server.

    Network time protocol (NTP) server settings

    Shows NTP service and NTP server configuration details.

  4. Click Close.