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# Controller Dashboard

You can perform controller-related actions and view all the information pertaining to a controller from the Controller dashboard. The following figure and table describe this page.

Figure 1. Controller Dashboard

Table 1. Controller Dashboard Description
Callout | Description
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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, host interface, and so on. 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, emergency spare properties, and so on.
2 | Controller Views – Displays all of the configured drive groups, virtual drives, and physical drives associated with the selected controller card. It also displays 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 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. Enable or disable an alarm. Update the controller firmware. Enable or disable SSD Guard. View Premium features. View the event log. Download TTY logs. Dump a snapshot when a fault occurs. Enable or disable drive security. Import or clear foreign configurations.