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# View external directors

Unisphere supports the display of director information.

## Prerequisites

External directors are supported only on storage systems running HYPERMAX OS 5977 or PowerMaxOS 5978.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. In the Dashboard, click the System Health tab.
3. In the Actions panel, click View Other Hardware and then click the External tab to open the External Directors list view.

   | NOTE: Some of the following properties and controls are environment-specific and therefore may appear in a different order or not at all.

   The following properties display:

   Director | Director name.
   Port | Port ID.
   Director Status | Director status.
   Cores | Number of available director cores.
   Hypers | Number of hyper volumes that the director services.
   Alerts | Director alert status, as indicated by icon color: One or more fatal alerts One or more critical alerts, with none higher One or more warning alerts, with none higher One or more informational alerts, with none higher No alerts

   The following controls are available:

   - Associate— Associate directors with ports
   - Disassociate— Disassociate directors and ports