Scanning for New Drives

You can use the Scan for Foreign Configuration option to find drives with foreign configurations. A foreign configuration is a RAID configuration that already exists on a replacement set of physical disks that you install in a computer system. In addition, if one or more drives are removed from a configuration, by a cable pull or drive removal, for example, the configuration on those drives is considered a foreign configuration by the RAID controller. Drives that are foreign are listed on the physical drives list with a special symbol in MegaRAID Storage Manager.

The utility lets you import the existing configuration to the RAID controller or clear the configuration so that you can create a new configuration using these drives. You can preview the foreign configuration before you decide whether to import it.

The MegaRAID Storage Manager software usually detects newly installed drives and displays icons for them in the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu. If for some reason the MegaRAID Storage Manager software does not detect a new drive (or drives), you can use the Scan for Foreign Configuration command to find it.

Perform these steps to scan for a foreign configuration:

1.	Select a controller icon in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu.

2.	Select Go To > Controller > Scan for Foreign Configuration.

If the MegaRAID Storage Manager software detects any new drives, it displays a list of them in the window. If not, it notifies you that no foreign configuration is found.

3.	Follow the instructions on the window to complete the drive detection.