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Clear Foreign Configuration
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
After moving a physical disk from one controller to another, you may find that
the physical disk contains all or some portion of a virtual disk (foreign
configuration). You can identify whether or not a previously used physical disk
contains a foreign configuration (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. Use the clear foreign configuration task to clear
or erase the virtual disk information from the newly attached physical disks.
NOTE: The clear foreign configuration task permanently destroys all data residing
on the physical disks that have been added to the controller. If more than one
foreign virtual disk is present, you cannot choose which one to clear. All are cleared
or erased. You may prefer to import the virtual disk rather than destroy the data. For
more information, see Importing Foreign Configurations and Importing/Recovering
Foreign Configurations.
To clear a foreign configuration:
Click Clear Foreign Configuration when you are ready to clear or erase all
virtual disks residing on physical disks that have been added to the controller.
To exit without clearing the foreign configuration, click Cancel.
To locate this task in Storage Management:
For SAS controllers with firmware versions 6.1 and later:
1
Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2 Select a controller object.
3 Select the Information/Configuration subtab.
4 Select Foreign Configuration Operations from the Controller Available
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drop-down menu.
5 Click Execute .
6 On the Foreign Configuration Preview page, click Clear .
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.