Dell Foreign Disk - How to Repair

TT# 523354 //HP CASE: 4705829455-471, IP: 2135607, Dell PE 2950, ST: 21CQQH1 1. Log in to the DRAC, console, PERC controller utility 2. Have Physical Disk 00:01 replaced 3. Drive 00:00 will likely still be in Foreign state on PD Mgmt tab 4. A new tab named Foreign View (or something similar) will appear 5. Navigate to Foreign View, highlight Controller 0, press F2 for options, and Import the Foreign Configuration 6. Once complete, navigate back to VD Mgmt tab, and ensure that Virtual Disk 0 reappears. Physical Disk 00:01 should be rebuilding. 7. Finally, navigate to Ctrl Mgmt tab, and ensure that VD 0 69376 MB is se lected under Select bootable VD 8. Restart the server, the OS should come up! 9. Once the rebuild of Disk 00:01 is complete, check to see if Disk 00:00 is in predictive failure. If so, schedule the replacement for tonight s maintenanc e window. From your the provided screen shot, try the following; BTW, you still have not t ell us the reason why the disk suddenly goes Foreign / Rebuild State. Keep in mind that this step might incur data loss and performing this step you a lso understand the implication of data loss and server rebuild / restore can als o be your least option. Since this ticket is a break fix, we are providing assis tance on Best Reasonable Effort only and OS support is still manage by customer. Issue: Some configured disks have been removed from your system, or are no longe r accessible. Check your cables and ensure all disks are present. Press any key or 'C' to load the configuration utility. Possible Resolution: The message indicates that some configured disks were remov ed. If the disks were not removed, they are no longer accessible. The SAS cables for your system might be improperly connected. Check the cable connections and fix any problems. Restart the system. If there are no cable problems, press any key or <C> to continue. Turn on the system and enter the CTRL+R utility and impo rt the foreign configuration. Press <"F"> at the prompt to import the configurat ion, or press <"C"> to enter the BIOS configuration utility and either import or clear the foreign configuration. If the virtual disk is redundant and transitio ned to Degraded state before going Offline, a rebuild operation starts automatic ally after the configuration is imported. If the virtual disk has gone directly to the Offline state due to a cable pull or power loss situation, the virtual di sk is imported in its Optimal state without a rebuild occurring You can use the BIOS Configuration Utility or Dell OpenManage storage management application to perform a manual rebuild of multiple physical disks.

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TT# 523354 //HP CASE: 4705829455-471, IP: 2135607, Dell PE 2950, ST: 21CQQH1

1. Log in to the DRAC, console, PERC controller utility2. Have Physical Disk 00:01 replaced3. Drive 00:00 will likely still be in Foreignstate on PD Mgmttab4. A new tab named Foreign View(or something similar) will appear5. Navigate to Foreign View, highlight Controller 0, press F2 for options,and Import the Foreign Configuration6. Once complete, navigate back to VD Mgmttab, and ensure that Virtual Disk0 reappears. Physical Disk 00:01 should be rebuilding.7. Finally, navigate to Ctrl Mgmttab, and ensure that VD 0 69376 MBi

lected underSelect bootable VD

8. Restart the server, the OS should come up!9. Once the rebuild of Disk 00:01 is complete, check to see if Disk 00:00is in predictive failure. If so, schedule the replacement for tonights maintenance window.

From your the provided screen shot, try the following; BTW, you still have not tell us the reason why the disk suddenly goes Foreign / Rebuild State.Keep in mind that this step might incur data loss and performing this step you also understand the implication of data loss and server rebuild / restore can also be your least option. Since this ticket is a break fix, we are providing assistance on Best Reasonable Effort only and OS support is still manage by customer.

Issue: Some configured disks have been removed from your system, or are no longer accessible. Check your cables and ensure all disks are present. Press any keyor 'C' to load the configuration utility.

Possible Resolution: The message indicates that some configured disks were removed. If the disks were not removed, they are no longer accessible. The SAS cablesfor your system might be improperly connected. Check the cable connections andfix any problems. Restart the system. If there are no cable problems, press anykey or to continue. Turn on the system and enter the CTRL+R utility and import the foreign configuration. Press at the prompt to import the configuration, or press to enter the BIOS configuration utility and either import orclear the foreign configuration. If the virtual disk is redundant and transitio

ned to Degraded state before going Offline, a rebuild operation starts automatically after the configuration is imported. If the virtual disk has gone directlyto the Offline state due to a cable pull or power loss situation, the virtual disk is imported in its Optimal state without a rebuild occurring You can use theBIOS Configuration Utility or Dell OpenManage storage management application toperform a manual rebuild of multiple physical disks.
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