T310 foreign configuration and missing drive

Question

Hello, I have a T310 running SBS 2008. I wanted to clean it of dust so I shut it down and sprayed and vacuumed.The server would not boot past to post. It showed foreign configuration. I went into the Raid configuration and looked at the VD and it showed offline.I looked at the physical disks and it shows HDD 0 as missing, HDD 1 foreign and HDD 2 & 3 as online. Also the raid battery may be dead.I'm at a loss here as to what to do next. Also I cannot remember how to get to open manage. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks,Cepolly

theflash1932 · Answer

Boot to CTRL-R, highlight controller, F2, Foreign, and IMPORT the foreign configuration.

theflash1932 · Answer

Then you are in trouble.

Did you accept anything along the way, as far as configurations go?

Do you have a backup? You may need it.

Power down, unplug, reseat each drive, plug in, boot to CTRL-R, and try again.

Cepolly · Answer

Thanks. I just tried it and got a failed to import message with a code of 0xC.

Cepolly · Answer

Honestly, I cannot remember. I may have.  I'll try that.

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