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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility
| Managing Configurations
3. Select AdvOpers under the Operations heading.
The Advanced Operations screen appears, as shown in Figure114.
Figure 114: Advanced Operations Screen
4. Select either Change RAID Level or Change RAID Level and Add Drive.
—If you select Change RAID Level, change the RAID level from the drop-down
menu.
—If you select Change RAID Level and Add Drive, change the RAID level from
the drop-down menu and then select one or more drives to add from the list of
drives.
The available RAID levels are limited, based on the current RAID level of the virtual
drive plus the number of drives available.
5. Click Go.
6. When the message appears, confirm that you want to migrate the RAID level of the
virtual drive.
A reconstruction operation begins on the virtual drive. You must wait until the
reconstruction is completed before you perform any other tasks in the WebBIOS CU.
4.12.9 New Drives Attached to a
MegaRAID Controller
When you insert a new drive on a MegaRAID system, if the inserted drive does not
contain valid DDF metadata, the drive displays as JBOD for MegaRAID Entry level
controllers, such as the SAS 9240-4i/8i. If the drive does contain valid DDF metadata, its
drive state is Unconfigured Good.