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Management Applications for PERC Cards 65
1
If all or some of the physical disks in a configuration are removed and
reinserted, the controller considers the disks to have foreign
configurations. Perform the following steps:
a
Select
Foreign Configuration View to
display the
foreign configuration information on the
Foreign Configuration
View screen.
b
Press <F2> to display the options (
Import
,
Clear
).
NOTE: You must have all the disks in the system before you perform the
import operation.
c
Select
Import
to import the foreign configuration to the controller or
select
Clear
to delete the foreign configuration(s) from the re-inserted
disk(s).
In the
Preview Configuration Data
window, the status of a physical
disk that needs to be rebuilt is displayed as
Rebuild
.
NOTE: When you import a foreign configuration, the dedicated hot spares in
the configuration are imported as dedicated hot spares on two conditions —
the associated virtual disk is already present or the associated virtual disk is
also imported along with the configuration.
NOTE: Start a consistency check immediately after the rebuild is complete to
ensure data integrity for the virtual disks. For more information about
checking data consistency, see "Checking Data Consistency" on page 62.
2
If all the physical disks in a virtual disk are removed at different times and
re-inserted, the controller considers the disks to have foreign
configurations. Perform the following steps:
a
Select
Foreign Configuration View to
display the complete virtual
disk, across different foreign configurations and allow foreign
configurations to be imported.
b
Press <F2> to display the options
Import
and
Clear
.
NOTE: You must have all the drives in the system before you perform the
import operation.