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12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
March 2014
Chapter 9: Configuration
Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good
9.2 Converting JBOD Drives to Unconfigured Good
You can convert JBOD drives to Unconfigured Good using the Create Virtual Drive option or Make Unconfigured
Good drive option with a single configuration.
NOTE MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i and MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i controllers
support JBOD.
Perform the following steps to configure JBOD to Unconfigured Good drives:
1. Perform one of these actions:
— 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 163 Create Virtual Drive - JBOD to Unconfigured Good Conversion Dialog
The JBOD Drives field displays the available JBOD drives available in the system.
2. 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 want 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.