Users Guide

Importing foreign configuration using web interface
To import foreign configuration:
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview → Storage → Controllers → Setup.
The Setup Controllers page is displayed.
2. In the Foreign Configuration section, from the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller that you want to configure.
3. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to import.
4. Click Import Foreign Configuration.
Based on the selected operation mode, the configuration is imported.
To automatically import foreign configurations, in the Configure Controller Properties section, enable the Enhanced Auto
Import Foreign Config option, select the Apply Operation Mode and click Apply.
NOTE: You must reboot the system after enabling Enhanced Auto Import Foreign Config option for the foreign
configurations to be imported.
Importing foreign configuration using RACADM
To import foreign configuration:
racadm storage importconfig:<Controller FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Clearing foreign configuration
After moving a physical disk from one controller to another, you may find that the physical disk contains all or some portion of a
virtual disk (foreign configuration). You can identify whether a previously used physical disk contains a foreign configuration (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. You can clear or erase the virtual disk information from the newly attached physical disks.
The Clear Foreign Configuration operation permanently erases all data residing on the physical disks that are added to the controller.
If more than one foreign virtual disk is present, all the configurations are erased. You may prefer to import the virtual disk rather than
destroy the data. An initialization must be performed to remove foreign data. If you have an incomplete foreign configuration which
cannot be imported, you can use the Clearing Foreign Configuration option to erase the foreign data on the physical disks.
Clearing foreign configuration using web interface
To clear the foreign configuration:
1. In the iDRAC web interface, go to Overview → Storage → Controllers → Setup.
The Setup Controllers page is displayed.
2. In the Foreign Configuration section, from the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller for which you want to clear
the foreign configuration.
3. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to clear the data.
4. Click Clear.
Based on the selected operation mode, the virtual disks residing on the physical disk is erased.
Clearing foreign configuration using RACADM
To clear foreign configuration:
racadm storage clearconfig:<Controller FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
Resetting controller configuration
You can reset the configuration for a controller. This operation deletes virtual disk drives and unassigns all hot spares on the
controller. It does not erase any data other than removing the disks from the configuration. Reset configuration also does not
remove any foreign configurations. The real-time support of this feature is available only in PERC 9.1 firmware. Reset configuration
does not erase any data. You may recreate the exact same configuration without an initialize operation which may result in the data
being recovered. You must have server control privilege.
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