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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility | Managing Configurations
If your IR virtual drive has only 64 MB for metadata at the end of the drive, you cannot
import the virtual drive into MegaRAID. You need to use another upgrade method,
such as backup/restore to the upgraded virtual drive type.
To import an IR virtual drive into a MegaRAID system, use the Foreign Configuration
Preview dialog to import or clear the foreign configuration. The import procedure and
the clear procedure are described in
Section 4.14.3, Importing or Clearing a Foreign
Configuration .
4.14.4 Importing Foreign
Configurations
After you create a security key, you can run a scan for a foreign configuration and
import a locked configuration. (You can import unsecured or unlocked configurations
when security is disabled.) A foreign configuration is a RAID configuration that already
exists on a replacement set of drives that you install in a computer system. You can use
the WebBIOS configuration utility to import the existing configuration to the RAID
controller or clear the configuration so you can create a new one.
See Section 4.14.3, Importing or Clearing a Foreign Configuration for the procedures
used to import or clear a foreign configuration.
To import a foreign configuration, you must first enable security to allow importation of
locked foreign drives. If the drives are locked and the controller security is disabled, you
cannot import the foreign drives. Only unlocked drives can be imported when security
is disabled.
After you enable the security, you can import the locked drives. To import the locked
drives, you must provide the security key used to secure them. Verify whether any
drives are left to import as the locked drives can use different security keys. If there are
any drives left, repeat the import process for the remaining drives. After all of the drives
are imported, there is no configuration to import.
4.14.5 Import Foreign Drives in
EKM/EKM Secured Locked Drives
When you scan a foreign configuration, and if any of the foreign EKM secured locked
drives are present when EKM is enabled, the following wizard is displayed.
Figure 150: Import Foreign Drives in EKM Mode