4.8.3.1
Foreign Configurations in Cable Pull and Drive Removal Scenarios
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Figure 4.57 Foreign Configuration Preview Screen
The right panel shows the virtual drive properties of the foreign
configuration. In this example, there is a RAID 1 virtual drive with
1,000 Mbytes. The left panel shows the drives that comprise the foreign
configuration.
Click Import to import this foreign configuration and use it on this
controller.
Click Cancel to clear the configuration and reuse the drives for another
virtual drive.
If one or more drives are removed from a configuration, by a cable pull
or drive removal, for example, the configuration on those drives is
considered a foreign configuration by the RAID controller.
Use the Foreign Configuration Preview screen to import or clear the
foreign configuration in each case. The import procedure and clear
procedure are described in
Foreign Configuration."
The following scenarios can occur with cable pulls or drive removals.
Note:
If you want to import the foreign configuration in any of the
following scenarios, you should have all of the drives in the
enclosure before you perform the import operation.
WebBIOS Configuration Utility
Section 4.8.3, "Importing or Clearing a