Server Administrator Storage Management 8.2 User’s Guide

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The Foreign Configuration Operations task provides a preview of the foreign configurations that you can import.

A foreign configuration is data residing on physical disks that have been moved from one controller to another. Virtual disks residing on physical disks that have been moved are considered to be a foreign configuration.

The Foreign Configuration Operations task is displayed only when a controller detects a foreign configuration. Select this option and click Execute to display the Foreign Configuration Preview page.

The Foreign Configuration Preview page provides a preview of the foreign disks and enables you to perform operations such as, importing, recovering, or clearing the foreign disks. You can also import or clear a locked foreign configuration.

If any foreign configurations locked using Local Key manager (LKM) are detected, the associated Encryption Key Identifier is displayed prompting you to provide the corresponding passphrase to unlock the drives.

To avoid unlocking foreign configurations and to proceed to preview, import, or clear a foreign configuration that has not been locked, click Skip or Continue.

If you do not want to import or clear the foreign configurations, or in case of loss of the associated passphrase of the corresponding Encryption Key Identifier, execute the Instant Encrypt Erase task for the physical disks.

Some conditions, such as an unsupported RAID level or an incomplete disk group, can prevent the import or recovery of foreign virtual disks.