User's Manual

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
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
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