A method for managing a first node, a second node, a third node, and a fourth node within a storage cluster environment, wherein two of the nodes are configured as a first high-availability storage controller pair in a first storage cluster, and the other two nodes are configured as an HA storage controller pair in a second storage cluster, wherein the two clusters provide cross-cluster data redundancy, wherein the first node had performed a storage redundancy takeover from the second node followed by a replacement of a storage controller device of the second node, by the first node assuming control of storage devices and network connections previously controlled by the second node to provide uninterrupted access to stored data, and wherein said method performs a storage redundancy giveback from the first node to the second node upon recovery of the second node, whereby control of the storage devices and network connections is given back from the first node to the second node, said method comprising: initializing the second node following the storage redundancy takeover from the second node by the first node, wherein initializing the second node comprises receiving at the first node a multi-cast from the second node, wherein the multi-cast comprises a node identification indicator that includes an intra-cluster node connectivity identifier; determining at the first node whether the second node is an intra-cluster takeover partner based on the received intra-cluster node connectivity identifier; in response to determining that the second node is an intra-cluster takeover partner, performing a giveback of storage resources from the first node to the second node; in response to the giveback of storage resources from the first node to the second node, reading, by the second node, a copy of cross-cluster configuration information stored locally; determining, by the second node, that a storage controller device identifier specified by the second node local copy of the cross-cluster configuration information is different than the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device within the second node; in response to determining that the storage controller device identifier specified by the second node local copy is different than the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device within the second node, sending, by the second node, a storage controller replacement message containing the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device as a multi-cast to the first node, the third node, and the fourth node; and in response to receiving the message, the first node, the third node, and the fourth node replacing the storage controller device identifier in their local copy of the cross-cluster information. initializing the second node following the storage redundancy takeover from the second node by the first node, wherein initializing the second node comprises receiving at the first node a multi-cast from the second node, wherein the multi-cast comprises a node identification indicator that includes an intra-cluster node connectivity identifier; determining at the first node whether the second node is an intra-cluster takeover partner based on the received intra-cluster node connectivity identifier; in response to determining that the second node is an intra-cluster takeover partner, performing a giveback of storage resources from the first node to the second node; in response to the giveback of storage resources from the first node to the second node, reading, by the second node, a copy of cross-cluster configuration information stored locally; determining, by the second node, that a storage controller device identifier specified by the second node local copy of the cross-cluster configuration information is different than the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device within the second node; in response to determining that the storage controller device identifier specified by the second node local copy is different than the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device within the second node, sending, by the second node, a storage controller replacement message containing the identifier of the newly installed storage controller device as a multi-cast to the first node, the third node, and the fourth node; and in response to receiving the message, the first node, the third node, and the fourth node replacing the storage controller device identifier in their local copy of the cross-cluster information.