For example, if the foreign configuration contains only one side of a mirror in a raid 1 virtual disk, then the virtual disk is in degraded state and can be imported. Resolving data domain foreign disk drives and how to unfail a. In this dell server recovery scenario, the clients server fell victim to a power outage. During post, the lsi software raid configuration utility automatically detects the installed sata hard disk drives and displays any existing raid sets. Dell emc poweredge raid controller cli reference guide. How can i erase the foreign state and have it rebuild the raid 1. How to reset a disk marked foreign on dell perc 710p. In your situation wiping out and starting over with new vd, you want to clear the foreign configuration. Perc 6i foreign state drive jump to solution i am not here after hours and i dont mind doing it through the drac but was hoping to be able to do it while i was onsite. However, a foreign configuration could also occur when the intel raid controller is replaced. Normally just importing the foreign drives does the trick, it did for me.
You cant do anything with a disk in a foreign state. Clearing foreign configuration using virtual disk management. Contentconfirm the disk is reporting as foreign by identifying the disk state. The entire array has been moved across from another server and therefore the raid card has no knowledge of the array there has been a glitch on the raid card and the configuration has lost details of the existing. Dell poweredge raid controller perc h310, h710, h710p, and. An in depth tutorial and explanation of the dell poweredge raid controllers from used in the poweredge line of servers. This was in contrast to the previous concept of highly reliable mainframe disk drives referred to as. Sep 03, 2010 now you can ask the controller to scan for foreign configurations and remove them. One day you walk in and the system all of a sudden thinks the drives are foreign. I thought when a drive which is part of a raid array failed and was replaced or reseated. To be sure no bug happen when you will issue the command. Here are the steps to rebuild the raid array on a dell poweredge. Dell perc 5i raid foreign state solutions experts exchange. Was trying to configure automated sleep and wakeup times and during this configuration the raid 0 crashed.
On the other hand, if the foreign configuration contains only one physical disk that was originally configured as a raid 5 using three physical disks, then the raid 5 virtual disk. The dell poweredge raid controller perc h310, h710, h710p, and h810 family of storage controller cards has the following characteristics. Intel raid software user guide for full featured and entry. With two drives unrecognized, the raid5 array was unable to function.
Chances are but there is no guarantee that disks 0 and 1 were in the mirror and disk 2 is the hs unless it was set up differently or a disk had already failed at some point. It seemed fine for a few weeks, but then dropped multiple ssds and failed the array after running for around 2 weeks as a cluster machine serving around. I bought a system from a guy, and it was in this state. Do this in ctrlr, on the vd mgmt screen, highlight the controller upperleft, f2, foreign, clear. This means a drive is already a part of a raid array ready. We can also see that there is a foreign raid configuration detected by the raid controller. All the new dell poweredge servers for example, dell poweredge r610, dell poweredge r710, etc. Hi, i just replaced the faulty hdd on our pe 2950 server running server 2003 r2 but it says foreign state status on the openmanage server. For details, see importing or clearing a foreign configuration. If it doesnt start rebuilding automatically, then assign the ready disk as a hotspare. After the foreign configuration is cleared, the hard drive changes to unconfigured good state. After the drive is in ready state from clearing the foreign meta data how can. Lsi megaraid megaraid foreign arrays lsi irit 1, 2, soon 3 adaptec series 678 onboard drives pch linux software raid mdraid usb storage devices. Replacing an lsi raid card with a preconfigured raid array.
Fast initialization foreign import smart info autorebuild nonraid migration trim nonraid pd. Intel raid software user guide 3 document revision history date revision changes july 2017 1. Dell poweredge raid controller perc setup tutorial. Perc 6i foreign config on disk how to clear a disk dell. For more information, see the dell openmanage storage management users guide. Dell poweredge boot optimized storage solution boss. Dell sas raid storage manager is preinstalled on your dell system. Not sure if the drive was bad or not, we got a used replacement drive, hotswapped it and it also has a foreign state. Resolving data domain foreign disk drives and how to. After the foreign configuration is imported, the hard drive changes to online state. A caution indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. How to clear the foreign configuration on a hdd using the raid configuration utility 4 replies i had a disk failure in a dell poweredge r710 server recently and as the server itself is due to be decomissioned soon and we have a few spare hdds available of the. First, a foreign configuration usually refers to a raid configuration that already exists on a replacement set of drives that you install in a computer system. In order to import the foreign raid configuration and.
There are 1 foreign configurations on controller 0. How to clear the foreign configuration on a hdd using the raid configuration utility 4 replies i had a disk failure in a dell poweredge r710 server recently and as the server itself is due to be decomissioned soon and we have a few spare hdds available of the correct type, we decided to use one of them. Press f2 during the boot process, when prompted, to launch the bios setup utility, and then use the right arrow key to navigate to the advanced menu. May 26, 2016 in a dell poweredge r710 server, we could use blank hdd so no data in it to replace a failed raid hdd. If on an intel motherboard, you have to install the intel matrix storage manager software in windows and you can right click on the corresponding array and verify it, which can take a long time depending on the size of the array, number of drives, etc. From the menu options that are displayed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the drive. Failed hard drive on a dell poweredge server placed raid 5 on a perc 4di in a degraded state. Replacing an lsi raid card with a preconfigured raid.
A note indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. That will happen if you replaced the failed drive with a clean one, it seems the one you inserted had a foreign configuration. Dell poweredge raid controller perc h700 and h800 users guide perc7. Fixing a raid 5 degraded array after a failed disk raid 5. Chances are but there is no guarantee that disks 0 and 1 were in the mirror and disk 2 is the hs unless it was set up differently or a. Fixing a drive labeled foreign by a lsi avago sas controller. The result is that i now cannot read the second disk although it appears in the bios setup. In this video, we will cover the process of clearing the foreign configuration using virtual.
Restoring a hard drive in frnbad state huawei v5 server. Now that the automated rebuild is not working, you need to configure a hot spare to rebuild your raid 1 volume. If you are using older dell poweredge servers that has a different raid controller than perc h700 refer to. You can do this in omsa, storage, perc, informationconfiguration, foreign clear from the dropdown menu of available tasks for the controller. If you were bringing over two drives in raid 1, and wanted to keep the raid 1 array intact, using import would be a good option. A disk in foreign state indicates the disk contains valid data domain file system data and is intended to alert to the presence of this data to make sure it is. Ready to be used either in a raid array or as a hotspare etc foreign. Ssd raid load testing results from a dell poweredge r720. Raid 0 data partion, software raid under windows 10, dont ask why raid 0. Aug 20, 20 curious if dell was just ripping us off for our enterprise sas ssds, we also did a test build on a dell r720xd with a perc h710p 1gb nv and fifteen samsung 840 pro ssds in raid 6 in mid20. To monitor the battery status of the raid controller, use raid battery status dell. Perc h710 disk state foreign simply remove the drive while on and running, wait 3060 seconds, then insert the replacement. If you need to reinstall dell sas raid storage manager for some reason, this section explains how to do this on the supported operating systems.
To monitor the battery status of the raid controller, use raid battery status dell basic service information. I have replaced a raid5 disk with a spare disk that already has a foreign config on it. The controller detected a configuration on the drive that did not match the. In the computer management disk management, it is shown as a dynamic foreign disk with no other information. How to replace missingfailed hard drive in raid 10. This article lists steps on how to resolve the condition where one or more disks report as foreign. Jun 26, 2019 a redundant array of independent disks raid can be used to improve the io performance and therefore offer faster transfer rates, mirror the data for redundancy in case of a disk failure or combine the storage capacity of multiple disks to create one large volume. Clear foreign state of hdds in perc h730 mini without. If drives are foreign after a chassis swap, do not run disk unfail on any of the disks as this can cause data loss. How to replace missingfailed hard drive in raid 10 without. Changed the sata and power cable on one drive an poof it was back online, only in foreign disk mode under disk manager. Clear foreign state of hdds in perc h730 mini without reboot.
Oct 19, 2009 that will happen if you replaced the failed drive with a clean one, it seems the one you inserted had a foreign configuration. In omsa, go to storage, perc, informationconfiguration link at top of. These controllers are very useful and easy to set up. Dell poweredge raid controller perc h310, h710, h710p. You must address any foreign configuration before the controller will let. Dd os raid software monitors the performance of disk drives in the system. The raid controller utility shows all four drives in a foreign state.
At this point, msm will scan drives on the controller and say how many foreign drives it found. Use the arrow keys to navigate to the lsi megaraid configuration utility menu option, and press enter. When the power came back on, the dell perc 6i raid controller card reported two errors. Megaraid utility may display a failed to import foreign. If communication is lost during certain io operations, the raid software can mark a faulty drive absent instead of failing it. Lsi megaraid megaraid foreign arrays lsi irit 1, 2, soon 3 adaptec series 678 onboard drives pch linux software raid mdraid usb storage devices lsiadaptec bbu and supercaps most info derived from lsusb linux kernel. May 14, 2014 the dell perc raid configuration bios will mark an array as foreign under the following circumstances. We had a harddrive crash on one of our dell poweredge servers this week. Dec 12, 2016 dell poweredge raid controllers part 4 how to break and rebuild a dell prec raid 5 array.
Here is some details about the dell terminology you may encounter in the physical disk state section online. Supports dellqualified serialattached scsi sas hard drives, sata hard drives, and solidstate drives ssds. The foreign state is normal after a chassis swap where the head swap was done in the system. In order to import the foreign raid configuration and activate the raid array with the new raid controller. If it were the other disk in the raid 1, then the hotspare would have rebuilt into the array to take the spot of the foreign disk when it went offline. This reference is from appendix b of the corresponding intel raid software user guide. Per dell server administrator a drive had a foreign state. Installing dell sas raid storage manager on microsoft windows.
If multiple drives are in an absent state the issue could be due to raid discovery or a faulty controller. Jun 09, 20 an in depth tutorial and explanation of the dell poweredge raid controllers from used in the poweredge line of servers. Dell couldnt explain to me why it happened or what caused it but it happens far too often. How to clear a foreign disk config on a power edge r320 dell. The important is to be sure your raid is ok too, as if one of your disk fall into foreign state for a unknown reason, the clear foreign would clear it too.
Learn more about software and hardware raid volumes akitio. Dell poweredge raid controllers part 4 how to break and rebuild a dell prec raid 5 array. The dell perc raid configuration bios will mark an array as foreign under the following circumstances. Dell poweredge boot optimized storage solution boss boss offers the following features to streamline os and data storage management. Curious if dell was just ripping us off for our enterprise sas ssds, we also did a test build on a dell r720xd with a perc h710p 1gb nv and fifteen samsung 840 pro ssds in raid6 in mid20. Trying to install additional drives into my r730 dell poweredge none have failed, just need more space inserted the disks and they all show as status foreign and the only option available is blink or unblink some sources refer to clear foreign config but i cant see that as an option. The rebuild did not start, but the physical disk now is in a ready state. This is an sql server that has our primary app on it. Launching the lsi software raid configuration utility to launch the lsi software raid configuration utility. Our perc 5i with a raid 1 configuration in a pe2900 had a virtual drive degraded. Raid redundant array of inexpensive disks or drives, or redundant array of independent disks is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.
Since the server have just been purchased and i am new to the raid configuration and monitoring, i am trying to test for raid 1. The disk should now be available for rebuilding into your new raid array. I upgraded to windows 7 64 bit home premium from a xp installation with two hard disks. Perc 5i all four drives in foreign state dell community. Another drive was reported as having a foreign configuration. Raid status dell the raid status dell service monitors the state of the raid controller only to monitor the firmware version, use raid controller firmware dell. Clear should be used whenever the array is online and only a single disk is marked foreign or multiple disks in the event it is a raid 105060 but the array is still online. Now you can ask the controller to scan for foreign configurations and remove them.