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6.3.2 Deleting a foreign configuration
Foreign configurations can either be imported, or deleted. If there is no use for the foreign configuration it is
better to delete. Deleting foreign configuration is done by selecting “Clear Foreign configuration” and
confirming the selection.
6.4 MegaRAID UEFI Driver health
If the UEFI-HII configuration utility is not available, it is possible that the controller is not functioning correctly.
It could be because of “Boot Message pending” state, or a “Controller Fault”. Boot Message Pending state
occurs for few different reasons. One example occurs when the system was shut down and one of the
physical drives that is part of a RAID volume, is unplugged. In the next reboot, controller has no idea what
happened to the physical disk which was part of a RAID volume. In which case, it reaches the Boot message
pending state and expects the user to acknowledge this unexpected change.
6.4.1 Driver Health Check
From F12-> Device Configuration option invoke UEFI-HII. The first page in the UEFI HII will be as shown
below when any of the UEFI driver health is not “healthy”. Below is an example where UEFI driver for
Broadcom MegaRAID controller is at “failed” state. At this state, user will not be able to make any changes to
the RAID configurations.