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:
- Execute the command raid foreign-config import to
enable the importing of foreign configurations.
- Shutdown the
appliance.
- 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.
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.