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Cluster options
The main cluster option from the menu can display the cluster name, IP address, or
it may be blank.
The main cluster option displays the cluster name that the user has assigned. If no
name has been assigned, the IP address of the cluster is displayed. If this SAN
Volume Controller is not assigned to a cluster, the field is blank.
Status
Status is indicated on the front panel.
This field is blank if this SAN Volume Controller is not a member of a cluster. If this
SAN Volume Controller is a member of a cluster, the field indicates the operational
status of the cluster, as follows:
Active
v Indicates that this SAN Volume Controller is an active member of the cluster.
Inactive
v Indicates that the SAN Volume Controller is a member of a cluster, but is not now
Degraded
v Indicates that the cluster is operational, but one or more of the member SAN
IP address
The IP address is used to access the cluster from the command line tools or Web
browser.
This field contains the existing Ethernet IP address of the cluster. It is set during the
create-cluster operation. You use this address to access the cluster from the
command line tools or from a Web browser. If this SAN Volume Controller is not a
member of a cluster, this field is blank.
Subnet mask
The subnet mask address is set when a cluster is created.
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Related concepts
"Status"
Status is indicated on the front panel.
"IP address"
The IP address is used to access the cluster from the command line tools or
Web browser.
"Subnet mask"
The subnet mask address is set when a cluster is created.
Related reference
"Gateway" on page 65
The gateway address is set when the cluster is created.
"Recover cluster?" on page 65
The Recover cluster? option is useful if the administrator password has been
lost or forgotten.
operational. It is not operational either because the other SAN Volume
Controllers that are in the cluster cannot be accessed, or because this SAN
Volume Controller has been excluded from the cluster.
Volume Controllers are missing or have failed.
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