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10 Creating RAID Using Lifecycle Controller
b. Select the RAID controller on which you want to have the RAID created. Details of any virtual disk(s) available on
the selected controller will be shown in the table displayed on the page below the controller list.
Click Next, Step 1A page will be displayed if there are any foreign or uninitialized HDD(s) available on the
server.
Step1a: Foreign HDDs and Uninitialized HDDs :
This step allows you to clear or ignore the foreign HDDs available on the server and provides an option to
initialize the uninitialized disks.
 Clear foreign configuration clears all the foreign HDDs available on the RAID controller selected.
 Ignore foreign Configuration ignores the foreign HDDs available on the RAID controller while
creating the RAID.
The table on the page lists all the non-RAID (uninitialized) HDDs. Select the HDDs you want to convert to
RAID capable (initialize) and click Next to initialize them.
Select a corresponding option on the Configuration Wizards: RAID Configuration page and click Next to
go to Step 2.
Figure 6 Step 1a of RAID Configuration