Users Guide

For controllers with firmware version 6.0 and earlier:

1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.

2. Select a controller object.

3. Select the Information/Configuration subtab.

4. Select Clear Foreign Configuration from the Controller tasks.

Related Information:
l "Foreign Configuration Operations"
l "Importing Foreign Configurations"
l "Importing/Recovering Foreign Configurations"
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 properties for physical disks in the foreign configuration.

Property

Definition
Status
These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
Normal/OK

Warning/Non-critical
Critical/Fatal
See "Storage Component Severity" for more information.
Name
This property displays the name of the physical disk. The name is comprised of the connector number followed by the disk number.
Current State
This property displays the current state of the physical disk.
After Import
State
This property 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 will be part of the imported virtual disk and will function normally.
Offline — The physical disk will be offline after import to the virtual disk.
Foreign — The virtual disk containing the physical disk cannot be imported and the physical disk will remain in foreign state.
Rebuild — After import of virtual disk, the physical disk will rebuild.
Replacing — A Replace Member Disk task will be performed on the physical disk. For more information, see "Replace Member Disk" and
"Revertible Hot Spare."
Capacity
This property displays the full capacity of the disk.
Failure
Predicted
This property displays whether or not 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
2110
2111
For information on Alert Messages, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide on the Dell Support website at