raid foreign-config import

Purpose

Importing a foreign configuration is supported on 9005. A foreign configuration is a RAID configuration that already exists on a replacement set of drives. Foreign configurations on drives can be cleared or imported into the appliances on which they are installed. By default, foreign configurations are cleared if they are found on a 9005 machine. Users may enable the importing of foreign configurations on their needs via CLI command or C++/Java API.

Syntax

raid foreign-config import

Parameters

None.

Usage Notes

To import the foreign configurations on the replacement disks, take the following steps in order:
  1. Execute the command raid foreign-config import to enable the importing of foreign configurations.
  2. Shutdown the appliance.
  3. Replace its drives with the ones on which a foreign configuration already exists.
After powering on the appliance, execute status volume to see if the raid volume is online. And check if the foreign configuration is successfully imported. By default, the importing of the foreign configurations is disabled. When it is disabled, any foreign configurations found on the disks will be cleared. Data on the disks will be lost too when a RAID configuration is cleared.

Related Commands

See raid foreign-config clear.

Example

Import a foreign configuration on the RAID controller.
Console> raid foreign-config import
CWZBR02804I: Import of foreign configuration is enabled. Foreign configurations will be imported at reboot.