Users Guide

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
2. Select a controller object.
3. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.
4. Select Foreign Configuration Operations from the Controller Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
6. In the Foreign Configuration Preview page, click Clear.
For SAS controllers with firmware version 6.0 and earlier, select Clear Foreign Configuration from the Controller Tasks
drop-down menu.
Physical Disks In Foreign Virtual Disks
The Physical Disks in Foreign Virtual Disks page displays the physical disks and the dedicated hot spare, if any, included in
the foreign configuration.
The following table describes the properties for physical disks in the foreign configuration.
Table 13. Physical Disk Properties
Property Definition
Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
● — Normal/OK
● — Warning / Non-critical
● — Critical/Failure/Error
For more information, see Storage Component Severity.
Name Displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number
followed by the disk number.
State Displays the current state of the physical disk.
After Import State Displays the after-import state of the physical disk. The physical disk can be imported in any
of the following states:
● Online — The physical disk is part of the imported virtual disk and functions normally.
● Offline — The physical disk is offline after import to the virtual disk.
● Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be imported and the
physical disk remains in foreign state.
● Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk rebuilds.
● Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task is performed on the physical disk. For
more information on replacing a member disk, see Replacing A Member Disk and
Enabling Revertible Hot Spare.
Capacity Displays the capacity of the disk.
Failure Predicted Displays whether the physical disk has received a Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART) alert and is therefore predicted to fail. For more information on
SMART predictive failure analysis, see Monitoring Disk Reliability On RAID Controllers. For
information on replacing the physical disk, see Replacing A Physical Disk Receiving SMART
Alerts.
You may also want to review the alert log to see whether the physical disk has generated
alerts pertaining to a SMART predictive failure. These alerts can assist you in identifying the
cause of the SMART alert. The following alerts may be generated in response to a SMART
alert:
● 2094
● 2106
● 2107
● 2108
● 2109
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