User's Manual
114 Controllers
Importing/Recovering Foreign Configurations
The recover operation attempts to restore degraded, failed, or missing virtual
disks to a healthy state. A virtual disk may be in a degraded, failed, or missing
state after losing communication with the controller due to a power loss,
faulty cable connection, or other failure. A rebuild or background
initialization may automatically initiate after the recover operation
completes.
The virtual disk data may be inconsistent after recovery. You should always
verify the virtual disk data after the Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
task completes.
In some cases, the virtual disk data is incomplete and it is not possible to
successfully recover the virtual disk.
To import or recover a foreign configuration:
Click Import/Recover when you are ready to import or recover all virtual disks
residing on physical disks attached to the controller. To exit without
importing or recovering the foreign configuration, click Cancel.
To locate this task in Storage Management:
For SAS controllers with firmware versions 6.1 and later:
1
Expand the
Storage
tree object to display the controller objects.
2
Select a controller object.
3
Select the
Information/Configuration
subtab.
4
Select
Foreign Configuration Operations
from the
Controller Available
Ta sks
drop-down menu.
5
Click
Execute
.
6
On the
Foreign Configuration Preview
page, click
Import/Recover
.
For controllers with firmware version 6.0 and earlier:
1
Expand the
Storage
tree object to display the controller objects.
2
Select a controller object.
3
Select the
Information/Configuration
subtab.
4
Select
Import/Recover Foreign Configuration
from the
Controller
tasks.