Users Guide

Importing foreign conguration using RACADM
To import foreign conguration:
racadm storage importconfig:<Controller FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Clearing foreign conguration
After moving a physical disk from one controller to another, you may nd that the physical disk contains all or some portion of a
virtual disk (foreign conguration). You can identify whether a previously used physical disk contains a foreign conguration (virtual
disk) by checking the physical disk state. If the physical disk state is Foreign, then the physical disk contains all or some portion of a
virtual disk. You can clear or erase the virtual disk information from the newly attached physical disks.
The Clear Foreign Conguration operation permanently erases all data residing on the physical disks that are added to the controller.
If more than one foreign virtual disk is present, all the congurations are erased. You may prefer to import the virtual disk rather than
destroy the data. An initialization must be performed to remove foreign data. If you have an incomplete foreign conguration which
cannot be imported, you can use the Clearing Foreign Conguration option to erase the foreign data on the physical disks.
Clearing foreign conguration using web interface
To clear the foreign conguration:
1. In the iDRAC web interface, go to Overview → Storage → Controllers → Setup.
The Setup Controllers page is displayed.
2. In the Foreign Conguration section, from the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller for which you want to clear
the foreign conguration.
3. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to clear the data.
4. Click Clear.
Based on the selected operation mode, the virtual disks residing on the physical disk is erased.
Clearing foreign conguration using RACADM
To clear foreign conguration:
racadm storage clearconfig:<Controller FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Resetting controller conguration
You can reset the conguration for a controller. This operation deletes virtual disk drives and unassigns all hot spares on the
controller. It does not erase any data other than removing the disks from the conguration. Reset conguration also does not remove
any foreign congurations. The real-time support of this feature is available only in PERC 9.1 rmware. Reset conguration does not
erase any data. You may recreate the exact same conguration without an initialize operation which may result in the data being
recovered. You must have server control privilege.
NOTE: Resetting the controller conguration does not remove a foreign conguration. To remove a foreign conguration,
perform clear conguration operation.
Resetting controller conguration using web interface
To reset the controller conguration:
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Storage → Controllers → Troubleshooting.
The Controllers Troubleshooting page is displayed.
2. From the Actions drop-down menu, select Reset Conguration for one or more controllers.
3. For each controller, from the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.
4. Click Apply.
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