The new flexible RAID Management enables disks of logical drives to be
switched from one enclosure or adapter to another without the configuration
being lost. A physical disk has foreign configuration when the disk used to
be a part of a logical drive was detached while the logical drive was removed.
A disk of this type is identified by a blue exclamation point
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which indicates a foreign configuration. This foreign configuration can be
imported or deleted. Clearing physical disk's foreign configuration changes
the disk's status to available that allows using the physical disk
as a part of a new logical drive.
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Configurations can be imported or deleted from disks only if the disk is already available again. |
If this was not done automatically, please perform the function using the Make ready action (by means of the pull-down menu of the Actions button or by right-clicking on the disk). You can then start the dialog described below using the Manage foreign configuration action.
This action enables you to import or delete one individual foreign configuration or all foreign configurations.
In the dialog box (see the example below) use the index to select either one individual foreign configuration or all (merged) for all foreign configurations for processing and confirm your selection using the Import or Clear button.
The Cancel button in one of the dialog boxes shown below enables you to abort the action without any effect on the existing configuration.
When you select Import, the future overall configuration is displayed before the actual import operation begins.
When you select an individual foreign configuration, this is examined and imported regardless of the existing configuration.
When you select all (merged), an attempt is made to combine all existing configurations with the foreign configurations.
The import is performed after you have confirmed this and clicked on the OK button.
When you select Clear, you must confirm the operation once again in another dialog box.
Note: If a disk which still contains an old configuration was replaced during maintenance work, it is also identified by a blue flag on the left of the tree. In this case you must delete the old configuration before you can use the disk again.