Server Administrator Storage Management 8.3 User’s Guide

Foreign Configuration Properties

The following table describes the properties that are displayed for the Foreign Disks and Global Hot Spares.

Table 1. Foreign Configuration Properties
Property	Definition
Status	These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component. — Normal/OK — Warning/Non-critical — Critical/Failure/Error For more information, see Storage Component Severity.
Name	Displays the name of the foreign configuration and is available as a link. This link enables you to access the physical disks that constitute the foreign disk.
State	Displays the current state of the foreign configuration. Possible values are: Ready — The foreign disk can be imported and functions normally after import. Degraded — The foreign disk is in degraded state and rebuilds after import. Failed — The foreign disk has encountered a failure and is no longer functioning. You cannot import the foreign configuration. The foreign configuration may be in degraded or failed state due to any of the following reasons: Missing physical disk — One of the physical disk(s) in the potential virtual disk is missing or not available. Missing span — One or more spans of a hybrid virtual disk is missing. Stale physical disks — One or more physical disks in the configuration may contain out-of-date data relating to other disks of that virtual disk. Hence, the data integrity of the imported virtual disk is not intact. Unsupported configuration of the virtual disk — The virtual disk has an unsupported RAID level. Import and Export — The virtual disks available for import exceed the number of virtual disks available for export. Incompatible physical disks — Configuration on the physical disks is not recognized by the RAID firmware. Orphan drive — A physical disk in the foreign configuration has configuration information that matches another physical disk that is already a part of an array (either a foreign or a native array). NOTE: For other applicable physical disk tasks and properties, see Physical Disk Or Physical Device Properties and Physical Disk Or Physical Device Tasks.
Layout	Displays the RAID level of the foreign configuration.
Remarks	Provides information about the foreign virtual disk. If the virtual disk cannot be imported, the reason for failure is displayed. Exceeded maximum — The number of virtual disks selected for import has exceeded the maximum number of supported disks. Missing physical disk or Missing span — One or more physical disk(s) or span(s) in the virtual disk to be imported is missing. Unsupported — The selected RAID level is not supported on this controller. Orphan drive — The physical disk has been replaced and is no longer a part of the RAID volume. The configuration should be cleared. Stale physical disk — The physical disk to be imported in the virtual disk has outdated data. Partially foreign — The virtual disk is part of an already existing configuration. Some physical disks in this virtual disk are foreign.
Dedicated Hot Spare	Displays whether the foreign disk is a dedicated hot spare.