Transparent Transmission
Also known as hard drive direct connection, this data transmission method is one in which data is not processed by transmission devices and only transmission quality is guaranteed.
The controller card enables user commands to be directly transmitted to connected hard drives, facilitating hard drive access and control by upper-layer services or management software. For example, when installing an OS on a server, configure a hard drive mounted to the controller card as the installation drive, as opposed to just a configured virtual drive.
This function is enabled for the LSI SAS3008IR.
If a hard drive in JBOD mode is faulty, the Fault indicator on the drive will not be lit and the BMC will not generate an alarm.