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Table 7-2. Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages (continued) Message Clear Foreign Config failed! No Servers found! Import foreign configuration failed! Device not responding! This user does not have Administrator right for this system! Drive not certified Meaning Action The Clear Foreign Config Use the controller BIOS operation has failed with an configuration utility to execute this error. task. (See the SAS controller user's guide for further instructions.) This is a non-recoverable operation, so be sure that you want to do this before continuing. Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager did not find any servers to manage. Uninstall and reinstall the software application. An error occurred when Dell Move the configuration back to the SAS RAID Storage Manager system where it came from and attempted to import a verify the configuration there. foreign configuration. The device is not Re-try the command. Verify that the responding to the command hardware is connected and is you are sending it. configured properly. Dell SAS RAID Storage Verify that the username has Manager log-in failed administrator rights for the local because the user does not system (not domain based rights). have administrator rights for Note that you can log in with view this system. This happens only access if you do not need to only when the user is trying change the configuration. to use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager with full access rights. This indicates that the disk No action is required. This is a drive was not obtained from notification that Dell did not certify Dell and has not undergone the disk drive. the testing that is done for disk drives that Dell provides. Troubleshooting 65

Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Introduction	7
Creating Storage Configurations	7
Monitoring Storage Devices	7
Maintaining Storage Configurations	8
Comparison of Supported Features	8
Installation	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Microsoft Windows	11
Installing Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager on Linux	12
Linux Installation Error Messages	12
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Windows and Menus	15
Starting Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager	15
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Window	16
Physical/Logical View Panel	16
Properties/Operations/Graphical View Panel	17
Event Log Panel	18
Menu Bar	18
Configuration	21
Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	21
Creating a RAID 0 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	22
Creating a RAID 1 Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller	23
Creating a New Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	24
Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters	25
Using Auto Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	26
Using Guided Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller	28
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6)	30
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 10)	32
Adding Hotspare Disks	34
Using the Replace Member Feature and Revertible Hot Spares	35
Changing Adjustable Task Rates	36
Changing Virtual Disk Properties	37
Changing a Virtual Disk Configuration	38
Adding a Disk Drive to a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	39
Changing the RAID Level of a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or on a PERC 6/i Controller	40
Deleting a Virtual Disk	40
Saving a Storage Configuration to Disk	41
Clearing a Storage Configuration from a Controller	41
Adding a Saved Storage Configuration	42
Monitoring System Events and Storage Devices	43
Monitoring System Events	43
Monitoring Controllers	44
Monitoring Disk Drives	44
Running a Patrol Read	45
Monitoring Virtual Disks	46
Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes	47
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations	49
Initializing Virtual Disks	49
Running a Consistency Check	50
Scheduling a Consistency Check	50
Scanning for New Drives	51
Scanning for Foreign Configurations	51
Clearing a Foreign Configuration	52
Rebuilding a Drive	52
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell SAS 5/iR System or on a Dell SAS 6/iR System	53
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell PERC 5/i System or on a Dell PERC 6/i System	54
Making a Drive Offline or Missing	55
Preserving Pinned Cache	55
Upgrading the Firmware	57
Troubleshooting	59
Pinned Cache State	59
Windows Installation Error Messages	60
Linux Installation Error Messages	60
Other Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages	61