Patent ID: 8484583

Claim:
A storage apparatus comprising: a housing containing storage devices; and an operator control panel attached to the housing and including a display and configured to: show a number of operational screens for managing the storage apparatus; show a default screen after a period of inactivity at the operator control panel; show a menu structure having elements representing corresponding ones of the operational screens, wherein the menu structure has plural levels of the elements, where a particular one of the elements at a lower level is accessed in response to selecting another one of the elements at a higher level, wherein the menu structure is navigatable by a user to allow selection of the elements, wherein each of the elements of the menu structure has a corresponding thumbtack function selectable by a user between at least two states, wherein a first of the two states is an indication that the corresponding operational screen is to be displayed instead of the default screen after the period of inactivity, and wherein a second of the two states is an indication that the corresponding operational screen is not to be displayed instead of the default screen after the period of inactivity; receive a designation, responsive to user selection of the thumbtack function of at least a corresponding one of the elements in the menu structure, that at least a selected one of the operational screens is to replace the default screen for use as a home screen after the period of inactivity; and in response to the designation, show the selected operational screen instead of the default screen as the home screen after the period of inactivity.