Administrator Guide

Restart All Controllers in a Storage Center
If the Storage Center has dual-controllers, the controllers can be restarted in sequence or simultaneously.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. In the right pane, click Actions→ System→ Shutdown/Restart. The Shutdown/Restart dialog box appears.
3. From the rst drop-down menu, select Restart.
4. (Dual-controller only) From the Restart options drop-down menu, choose how you want the controllers to restart.
• To restart the controllers one after the other, avoiding an outage, select Restart in Sequence.
• To restart the controllers at the same time, causing an outage, select Restart Simultaneously.
5. Click OK.
Shut Down a Controller
If the Storage Center has dual-controllers, the remaining controller continues to process IO. If the Storage Center has only one
controller, shutting it down creates an outage.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Hardware tab, then select the controller.
3. In the right pane, click Shutdown/Restart Controller. The Shutdown/Restart Controller dialog box appears.
4. From the drop-down menu, select Shutdown.
5. Click OK.
Restart a Controller
If the Storage Center has dual-controllers, the remaining controller continues to process IO. If the Storage Center has only one
controller, restarting it down creates an outage.
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Hardware tab, then select the controller.
3. In the right pane, click Shutdown/Restart Controller. The Shutdown/Restart Controller dialog box appears.
4. From the drop-down menu, select Restart.
5. Click OK.
Reset a Controller to Factory Default
Reset a controller to apply the factory default settings, erase all data stored on the controller, and erase all data on the drives.
Prerequisites
• The Storage Center must be an SCv2000 or SCv3000 series controllers.
• The controller must be running Storage Center version 6.7 or later.
About this task
CAUTION: Resetting the controller to factory defaults erases all information on the controller and all data on the drives.
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. From the Actions drop-down menu, select System → Reset to Factory Defaults.
The Reset Storage Center to Factory Defaults dialog box appears.
3. In the Factory Reset Token eld, type the text above the Factory Reset Token eld exactly as it appears in the dialog box.
4. In the Storage Center Administrator Username eld type the username of a Storage Center user with administrator-level
privileges.
5. In the Storage Center Administrator Password eld type the password of a Storage Center user with administrator-level
privileges.
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