Computer Listed in Bold in Setup of Xsan Admin

I have an Xsan (v1.4.2) with four (4) computers. One of these computers is the original MDC, and is named Thirty-Six. Another computer is named Xsan-PMDC, and is now the primary MDC (via cvadmin's fail <Volume_Name>). Even though Xsan-PMDC is now the MDC, the computer that used to be the MDC (Thirty-Six) is listed in bold in Xsan Admin-->Creative (name of SAN component)--> Setup-->Computers. I have been told that the computer listed in bold is the controller I am connecting to.
On the computer that is the active MDC at the moment, I have a window with this prompt.
"You have connected to a Xsan client computer. 'Thirty-Six.local' sees 4 disks (LUNs) that appear to be managed by the controllers listed below. To administer the corresponding SAN, select a controller and click Reconnect." The lone computer I can select from the Existing controllers menu is the active metadata controller (not Thirty-Six.local). If I select the active metadata controller and click Reconnect, will bad things happen? Will the data on the Xsan volumes be lost? Will service be interrupted?
My goal is for the active metadata controller to be the one that is listed in bold in Xsan Admin, but I don't want to lose the data on the Xsan volumes or create an otherwise bad situation. If anyone can offer me guidance on this, it would be appreciated.
Thanks for reading!
-Jonathan

I am sure you have figured it out by now, but in case you haven't try connecting to the Xsan controller in charge to run Xsan admin directly, or else try different Xsan clients.

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