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1If 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.

cSelect 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.

2If 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.

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