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Foreign Configuration Properties
Importing Or Recovering Foreign Configurations
The recover operation attempts to restore degraded, failed, or missing virtual disks to a healthy state. A
virtual disk may be in a degraded, failed, or missing state after losing communication with the controller
due to a power loss, faulty cable connection, or other failure. A rebuild or background initialization may
automatically initiate after the recover operation completes.
The virtual disk data may be inconsistent after recovery. Verify the virtual disk data after the Import/
Recover Foreign Configuration task completes.
In some cases, the virtual disk data is incomplete and it is not possible to successfully recover the virtual
disk.
To import or recover a foreign configuration:
Click Import/Recover to import or recover all virtual disks residing on physical disks attached to the
controller.
To exit without importing or recovering the foreign configuration, click Cancel.
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.
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