Users Guide

Clearing Foreign Conguration
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
After moving a physical disk from one controller to another, you may nd that the physical disk contains all or some portion of a virtual disk
(foreign conguration). You can identify whether a previously used physical disk contains a foreign conguration (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 Conguration task to clear or erase the virtual disk information from the newly attached physical disks.
NOTE: The Clear Foreign Conguration 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 congurations are erased. You may prefer to import the virtual
disk rather than destroy the data.
To clear a foreign conguration:
Click Clear Foreign Conguration to clear or erase all virtual disks residing on physical disks is added to the controller.
To exit without clearing the foreign conguration, click Cancel.
To Locate Clear Foreign Conguration In Storage Management
For SAS controllers with rmware 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/Conguration on the controller Properties page.
4 Select Foreign Conguration Operations from the Controller Tasks drop-down menu.
5 Click Execute.
6 In the Foreign Conguration Preview page, click Clear.
For SAS controllers with rmware version 6.0 and earlier, select Clear Foreign Conguration 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
conguration.
The following table describes the properties for physical disks in the foreign conguration.
Table 11. Physical Disk Properties
Property Denition
Status These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.
• — Normal/OK
• — Warning / Non-critical
• — Critical/Failure/Error
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