Avago Technologies MegaRAID Fast Path Software User Manual

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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

Page 351

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 8: Configuration

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Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good

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 218: Create Virtual Drive - JBOD to Unconfigured Good Conversion Dialog

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

12. 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.

NOTE: If you do not wish to make any JBOD as unconfigured good drives, select the Do
not convert JBOD drives to unconfigured good drives
check box, and the MegaRAID
Storage Manager application skips changing any selected JBOD to unconfigured good
drive.

13. Click Next.

The Create Virtual drive Screen appears as shown in

Figure 208

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8.2.1

Converting JBOD to

Unconfigured Good from the MegaRAID
Storage Manager Window

You can also convert JBOD to Unconfigured Good by selecting the Controller >>Make
UnConfigured Good
option from the main MegaRAID Storage Manager window.

The Make Configured Good dialog appears, as shown in the following figure.

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