Users Guide

If you import the conguration, the VD Mgmt screen displays detailed conguration information. It includes information about the disk
groups, virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation, and hot spares.
Importing or clearing foreign congurations using the foreign
conguration view screen
NOTE: To import a secured foreign conguration, see Security Key And RAID Management.
If one or more physical disks are removed from a conguration, the conguration on those disks is considered a foreign conguration by the
RAID controller.
You can use the Foreign Cong screen to view information about the foreign conguration, such as disk groups, virtual disks, physical
disks, space allocation, and hot spares. The foreign conguration data is displayed in the same format as congurations on the VD Mgmt
screen. You can use the VD Mgmt screen to view the foreign conguration before importing. After you view the foreign conguration, you
can either clear or import to the RAID controller.
NOTE: Before you import the foreign conguration, review the conguration on the screen to ensure that it is the end result that
you require.
You can use the Foreign Cong screen to manage foreign congurations in the following cases:
• All the physical disks in a conguration are removed and re-inserted.
• Some of the physical disks in a conguration are removed and re-inserted.
• All the physical disks in a virtual disk are removed, but at dierent times, and then re-inserted.
• The physical disks in a non-redundant virtual disk are removed.
The following constraints apply to the physical disks that are considered for import:
• The disk state of a physical disk can change from the time the foreign conguration is scanned to when the actual import occurs. The
foreign import occurs only on disks that are in the Uncongured Good state.
• Disks in the failed or oine state cannot be imported.
• The rmware does not allow you to import more than eight foreign congurations.
To manage foreign congurations:
1 If all or some of the physical disks in a conguration are removed and reinserted, the controller considers the disks to have foreign
congurations. Perform the following steps:
a Select Foreign Cong to display the foreign conguration information on the Foreign Cong screen.
b Press <F2> to display the options (Import, Clear).
NOTE
: You must have all the disks in the system before you perform the import operation.
c Select Import to import the foreign conguration to the controller or select Clear to delete the foreign conguration(s) from the
re-inserted disk(s).
In the Preview Conguration Data window, the status of a physical disk that needs to be rebuilt is displayed as Rebuild.
NOTE
: When you import a foreign conguration, the dedicated hot spares in the conguration are imported
as dedicated hot spares on two conditions — the associated virtual disk is already present or the associated
virtual disk is also imported along with the conguration.
NOTE: Start a consistency check immediately after the rebuild is complete to ensure data integrity for the
virtual disks. For more information about checking data consistency, see Checking Data Consistency .
2 If all the physical disks in a virtual disk are removed at dierent times and re-inserted, the controller considers the disks to have foreign
congurations. Perform the following steps:
a Select Foreign Conguration View to display the complete virtual disk, across dierent foreign congurations and allow foreign
congurations to be imported.
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