Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 11 User’s Guide PERC H755, H750, H355, and H350 Controller Series

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Drive removal and insertion in the same slot generates a foreign configuration event

Issue:
When a drive which is part of a virtual disk is removed and reinserted into the same slot the drive goes through a transient state of being foreign for a short period of time before rebuilding.
Description:
This transient state could be reported as an event in management applications as A foreign configuration was detected on RAID Controller is SL x, where x is the slot of the RAID controller.
Corrective Action:
No action is required on the foreign configuration state of the drive as it is transient and the controller handles the event automatically.

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