Dell PowerVault 770N (Deskside NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 35)

NOTE: After a disk is upgraded to dynamic it cannot be reverted back to basic unless all volumes on that disk are
removed. Dell strongly recommends that you do not revert a disk back to basic after data volumes are present.
Reactivating Dynamic Disks
A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or disconnected. You can reactivate a
dynamic disk to bring it back online by performing the following steps:
1. Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk.
2. Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
Mark the disk as Online after the disk is reactivated.
Merging Foreign Disks
Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another system. You cannot reactivate a foreign
disk; you must merge the disk to the system. To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the
current system, use the command Merge Foreign Disk.
Perform the following steps to merge foreign disks:
1. From the NAS Manager, click Maintenance, and then click Remote Desktop.
NOTE: The default administrator user name is administrator and the default password is powervault.
2. On the NAS system desktop, double-click NAS Utilities.
3. In the NAS Utilities window, double-click Storage, and then double-click Disk Management (Local).
Foreign disks will appear in the disk list and graphical views as Foreign.
4. Right-click a foreign disk, and then click Import Foreign Disks.
The Import Foreign Disk Wizard is displayed.
5. Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
8. Click Finish.
Volume Overview
A volume is a logical entity that consists of portions of one or more physical disks. A volume can be formatted with a file
system and can be accessed by a drive letter.