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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 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 are
added to the controller. If more than one foreign virtual disk is present, all the configurations are erased. You may
prefer to import the virtual disk rather than destroy the data.
To clear a foreign configuration:
Click Clear Foreign Configuration to clear or erase all virtual disks residing on physical disks is added to the controller.
To exit without clearing the foreign configuration, click Cancel.
Related Links
To Locate Clear Foreign Configuration In Storage Management
Importing Foreign Configurations
Importing Or Recovering Foreign Configurations
To Locate Clear Foreign Configuration In Storage Management
For SAS controllers with firmware versions 6.1 and later:
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 17. 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
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