Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H700 User Manual

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Configuring and Managing RAID

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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.

c

Select Import to merge the foreign configurations with the existing

configuration on the controller or

Clear to delete the foreign

configuration(s) from the re-inserted disk(s).
If you select

Import, all drives that were pulled before the virtual disk

became offline are imported, and then automatically rebuilt.

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 91.

3 If the physical disks in a non-redundant virtual disk are removed,

the controller considers the disks to have foreign configurations.

Perform the following steps:

a

Select Foreign Configuration View to display the complete foreign

configuration information.

b

Press <F2> to display the options Import and Clear.

c

Select Import to import the foreign configuration to the virtual disk or

Clear to delete the foreign configuration(s) from the re-inserted

disk(s).
No rebuilds occur after the import operation because there is no

redundant data to rebuild the disks with.

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