Importing Or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using The Foreign Configuration View Screen - Dell 6 series User Manual

Perform the following steps to import or clear foreign configurations.
1 During bootup, press <Ctrl><R> when prompted by the BIOS banner.
The VD Mgmt screen displays by default.
2 On the VD Mgmt screen, highlight the Controller #.
The controller number is the only item that displays until you import the
foreign configuration.
3 Press <F2> to display the available actions.
4 Press the right-arrow key to display the available actions (Import, Clear).
NOTE:
there are no physical disks marked as Missing in the foreign view page and
that all the disks appear as expected before importing them.
5 Select Import to import the foreign configuration or Clear to delete the
foreign configuration and then press <Enter>.
If you import the configuration, the VD Mgmt screen displays detailed
configuration information. This includes information about the disk
groups, virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation, and hot spares.
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the Foreign
Configuration View Screen
If one or more physical disks are removed from a configuration, the
configuration on those disks is considered a foreign configuration by the
RAID controller.
You can use the Foreign Configuration View screen to view information
about the foreign configuration, such as disk groups, virtual disks, physical
disks, space allocation, and hot spares. The foreign configuration data displays
in the same format as configurations on the VD Mgmt screen. You can use this
screen to view the foreign configuration before importing it. After you view
the foreign configuration, you can either import it to the RAID controller or
clear it.
NOTE:
Before you import the foreign configuration, review the configuration on the
screen to ensure that it is the desired end result.
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Configuring and Managing RAID
Ensure that your virtual disk has all the physical disks by verifying that