Users Guide

● The drive state of a physical disk can change from the time the foreign configuration is scanned to when the actual import
occurs. The foreign import occurs only on drives that are in the Unconfigured Good state.
● Drives in the failed or offline state cannot be imported.
● The firmware does not allow you to import more than eight foreign configurations.
Importing foreign configuration using web interface
NOTE: If there is an incomplete foreign disk configuration in the system, then the state of one or more existing online
virtual disks is also displayed as foreign.
NOTE: Importing foreign configuration for BOSS controller is not supported.
To import foreign configuration:
1. In the iDRAC web interface, go to Configuration > Storage Configuration;.
2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller you want to import the foreign configuration to.
3. Click Import under the Foreign Configuration and then click Apply.
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 Configuration > Storage Configuration > Controller Configuration.
The Controller Configuration page is displayed.
2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller for which you want to clear the foreign configuration.
NOTE: To clear foreign configuration on BOSS controllers, click "Reset Configuration".
3. Click Clear Configuration.
4. Click Apply
Based on the selected operation mode, the virtual disks residing on the physical disk is erased.
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