Glossary

Property Definition
• Incompatible physical disks — Configuration on the physical disks is not
recognized by the RAID firmware.
• Orphan drive — A physical disk in the foreign configuration has
configuration information that matches another physical disk that is
already a part of an array (either a foreign or a native array).
NOTE: For other applicable physical disk tasks and properties, see
Physical Disk Or Physical Device Properties and Physical Disk Or
Physical Device Tasks.
Layout Displays the RAID level of the foreign configuration.
Remarks Provides information about the foreign virtual disk. If the virtual disk cannot
be imported, the reason for failure is displayed.
• Exceeded maximum — The number of virtual disks selected for import
has exceeded the maximum number of supported disks.
• Missing physical disk or Missing span — One or more physical disk(s) or
span(s) in the virtual disk to be imported is missing.
• Unsupported — The selected RAID level is not supported on this
controller.
• Orphan drive — The physical disk has been replaced and is no longer a
part of the RAID volume. The configuration should be cleared.
• Stale physical disk — The physical disk to be imported in the virtual disk
has outdated data.
• Partially foreign — The virtual disk is part of an already existing
configuration. Some physical disks in this virtual disk are foreign.
Dedicated Hot Spare Displays whether the foreign disk is a dedicated hot spare.
Based on the properties information, you can decide whether you want to import, recover, or clear the
foreign configuration.
To Locate Foreign Configuration Operations Task In Storage Management
For SAS controllers with firmware version 6.1:
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.
Importing Foreign Configurations
Some controllers enable you to import a foreign configuration so that virtual disks are not lost after
moving the physical disks.
You can import a foreign configuration only if it contains a virtual disk that is either in a Ready or
Degraded state. In other words, all of the virtual disk data must be present, but if the virtual disk is using a
redundant RAID level, the additional redundant data is not required.
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