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Chapter 4 — Configuring the Library
5. Select the controller that you want to use as the failover partner for the
Make sure that the controller you select is not already being used to provide the
Important
robotic control path for another partition.
6. Click OK to complete the assignment. The Controllers screen redisplays
Figure 55 The Controllers screen after configuring controller failover.
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primary controller. This controller is the secondary controller in the
failover pair.
 To disable controller failover, select None. This is the default
Notes:
setting.
 When you select None or if you select a different controller as
the failover partner, the controller previously configured as
the failover partner is once again available for use in a
partition.
to show the two controllers configured as a failover pair.
For example, in Figure 55 the RIM2 identified as FR2/DBA1/F‐QIP1 is
the primary controller in the failover pair and provides the robotic
control path for any partitions in which it is used. The RIM2 identified
as FR3/DBA1/F‐QIP1 is the secondary controller in the failover pair and
automatically takes over for the primary controller if it detects a
problem.
Primary
controller
Secondary
controller
To use the configured failover pair in a partition, select the controller
that is the primary controller (see Step 3 on page 121) as the exporting
controller (see Select the Robotic Control Path on page 174).
Configuring Optional Library Settings
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