User's Manual

To Locate Import Or Recover 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 Import/Recover.

For SAS controllers with firmware version 6.0 and earlier, select Import/Recover Foreign Configuration

from the Controller tasks.

Clearing 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 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.