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# View EM directors

Unisphere supports the display of EM director information.

## About this task

For a storage system running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079), a new OR emulation has been added to replace all previous Open System Front End and RDF emulations (see Understanding OR Directors). The system hardware view has an OR DIRECTORS tab, a BE DIRECTORS tab, an EF DIRECTORS tab, and an EM DIRECTORS tab.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Select System > Hardware.
3. Click the EM Directors tab.

   The EM Directors list view opens. Use this view to view and manage the EM directors. The following properties display:

   Director | Director name.
   Director Status | Director status.
   Director Type | Director type.
   Associated Ports | The ports associated with the director.
   % Busy | Percentage busy.
   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

   To see more information about the details and performance of a director, select a director and click .

   The following properties display in the Details tab:

   Director | Director name.
   Type | Type.
   Director Status | Director status.
   Director Numeric Number | Director numeric number
   Director Engine Number | Director engine number
   Director Slot Number | Director slot number
   Number of Director Ports | Number of associated protocols. Clicking the number next to Protocols results in the display of information about the protocol properties and performance of the protocols.
   Alerts | Number of associated alerts. This is displayed only if there is one or more associated alerts.

   Performance information is also displayed in the Performance tab.