Enable RAID Card JBOD with storcli
JBOD, which stands for Just a Bunch of Disks or Just a Bunch of Drives, is a storage architecture consisting of numerous disk drives inside of a single storage enclosure. JBOD enclosures are usually not configured to act as a RAID, but they can be. By their very nature, JBOD enclosures are storage capacity monoliths.
This command for enable JBOD from LSI RAID Card with storcli command line tools.
storcli64 /c0 set jbod=on
Where /c0 is location of controller number
Example: Before execution, we can notice that disks with state UGood (Unconfigure Good):
PD LIST :
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EID:Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp
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24:0 10 Onln 0 557.861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC156060CSS200 U
24:1 0 Onln 0 557.861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC156060CSS200 U
24:2 12 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:3 6 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:4 13 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:5 2 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:6 21 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:7 16 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:8 20 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:9 18 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:10 3 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:11 15 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:12 19 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:13 11 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:14 5 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:15 7 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:16 1 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:17 25 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:18 23 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:19 4 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:20 17 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:21 22 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:22 9 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:23 8 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:24 26 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:25 14 UGood - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
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Execute command to enable JBOD mode:
[root@localhost storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 set jbod=on
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None
Controller Properties :
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Ctrl_Prop Value
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JBOD ON
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PD LIST :
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EID:Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp
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24:0 10 Onln 0 557.861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC156060CSS200 U
24:1 0 Onln 0 557.861 GB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC156060CSS200 U
24:2 12 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:3 6 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:4 13 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:5 2 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:6 21 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:7 16 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:8 20 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:9 18 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:10 3 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:11 15 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:12 19 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:13 11 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:14 5 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:15 7 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:16 1 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:17 25 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:18 23 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:19 4 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:20 17 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:21 22 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:22 9 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:23 8 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:24 26 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
24:25 14 JBOD - 1.635 TB SAS HDD N N 512B HUC101818CS4200 U
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[root@localhost storcli]