Configuration : Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good

Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good

You can convert JBOD drives to Unconfigured Good using the Create Virtual Drive or the Make Unconfigured Good drive options with a single configuration.

 

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NOTE The MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i and MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i controllers support JBOD.

Perform the following steps to configure JBOD to Unconfigured Good drives by using any one of the following options.

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Perform one of the following steps:

Right-click the controller node in the device tree in the left frame of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window and select Create Virtual Drive.

Select the controller node and select Go To>>Controller>>Create Virtual Drive.

The Create Virtual Drive - JBOD to Unconfigured Good Conversion wizard appears as shown in the following figure.

Figure 37 JBOD Drives

 

The JBOD Drives box displays the available JBOD drives available in the system.

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Select the drives which you want configured as Unconfigured Good and then click Convert. Clicking on Convert configures the selected JBODs to Unconfigured Good Drives.

 

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NOTE If you do not want to make any JBOD as Unconfigured good drive(s), select the checkbox Do not convert JBOD drives to unconfigured good drives. The MegaRAID Storage Manager application does not change any selected JBODs to unconfigured good drives.

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Click Next.

The Create Virtual Drive screen appears, as shown in Figure 27.