Configuring and Managing RAID 934 Navigate to the Foreign Config option and press the right arrow key todisplay the available actions: Import and Clear.NOTE: Ensure that your virtual disk has all the physical disks by verifying thatthere are no physical disks marked as Missing in the foreign view page andthat all the disks appear as expected before importing them.5 Select Import to import the foreign configuration or Clear to delete theforeign configuration and then press .If you import the configuration, the VD Mgmt screen displays detailedconfiguration information. It includes information about the disk groups,virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation, and hot spares.Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations Using the ForeignConfiguration View ScreenNOTE: To import a secured foreign configuration, see "Security Key and RAIDManagement" on page 121.If one or more physical disks are removed from a configuration, theconfiguration on those disks is considered a foreign configuration by theRAID controller.You can use the Foreign Configuration View screen to view informationabout the foreign configuration, such as disk groups, virtual disks, physicaldisks, space allocation, and hot spares. The foreign configuration data isdisplayed in the same format as configurations on the VD Mgmt screen.You can use the VD Mgmt screen to view the foreign configuration beforeimporting. After you view the foreign configuration, you can either clear orimport to the RAID controller.NOTE: Before you import the foreign configuration, review the configuration on thescreen to ensure that it is the end result that you require.You can use the Foreign Configuration View screen to manage foreignconfigurations in the following cases:• All the physical disks in a configuration are removed and re-inserted.• Some of the physical disks in a configuration are removed and re-inserted.• All the physical disks in a virtual disk are removed, but at different times,and then re-inserted.• The physical disks in a non-redundant virtual disk are removed.
