What you are going to want to do is to import the foreign configuration on the 6 drives. Once the import is complete then you will need to reboot the server and then go into the controller bios and confirm that the virtual disk is online & ready. Once the virtual disk is online & ready let the server boot to windows and you should be able to see the virtual disk again with all the data.
You will only use the clear foreign configuration as a last option as if it doesn’t work then you will need to rebuild the array.
It is hard to say why the array went offline in this way without looking at the logs for the PERC5/e.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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January 28th, 2015 06:00
Hello logman0u812,
What you are going to want to do is to import the foreign configuration on the 6 drives. Once the import is complete then you will need to reboot the server and then go into the controller bios and confirm that the virtual disk is online & ready. Once the virtual disk is online & ready let the server boot to windows and you should be able to see the virtual disk again with all the data.
You will only use the clear foreign configuration as a last option as if it doesn’t work then you will need to rebuild the array.
It is hard to say why the array went offline in this way without looking at the logs for the PERC5/e.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.
logman0u812
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January 28th, 2015 06:00
In Open Manage controller tasks execute "Import/Recover Foreign Config"? Or use "Import" from the controller bios on startup?
I ordered another Perc card, a PERC6/E... would Replacing/Upgrading the Perc5 card be the exact same process?
Thanks.