ilorest v6.0 fails to create RAID50 volume

[normanwyatt3]

I'm trying to create a RAID 50 array with two logical disks on a newer Proliant DL380 Gen 11 server. I suspect I'm missing some parameters required for RAID50, but do not find any info on this.

Note that a RAID5 array creates as expected.

• HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11
• System ROM: U54 v2.34 (10/04/2024)
• iLO Firmware Version: 1.65 Nov 12, 2024
• HPE MR416i-o Gen11

Here's the command I'm running along with the failure response.

ilorest createvolume volume RAID50 1:1:1,1:1:2,1:1:3,1:1:4,1:7:1,1:7:2,1:7:3,1:7:4,2:2:1,2:2:2,2:2:3,2:2:4,2:3:1,2:3:2,2:3:3,2:3:4 --DisplayName data --controller=0 --storageid=DE00C000 --url=x.x.x.x --user user1 --password password1

iLORest : RESTful Interface Tool version 6.0.0.0
Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Discovering data...Done
CreateVolume path and payload: /redfish/v1/Systems/1/Storage/DE00C000/Volumes, {'Links': {'Drives': [{'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C002/Drives/0'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C002/Drives/1'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C003/Drives/2'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C003/Drives/3'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C003/Drives/4'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C003/Drives/5'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C000/Drives/6'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C000/Drives/7'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C000/Drives/8'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C000/Drives/9'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C001/Drives/10'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C001/Drives/11'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C001/Drives/12'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C002/Drives/13'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C002/Drives/14'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE00C001/Drives/15'}]}, 'RAIDType': 'RAID50', 'DisplayName': 'data'}
iLO.2.30.UnsupportedOperation
ERROR : iLO threw iLOResponseError

ERROR : iLO threw iLOResponseError

[wawont]

A similar problem:

$ ilorest createvolume volume RAID1 1:1:1,1:1:2 --DisplayName "Test1" --storageid=DE040000 --controller=0
iLORest : RESTful Interface Tool version 6.3.0.0
Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

CreateVolume path and payload: /redfish/v1/Systems/1/Storage/DE040000/Volumes, {'Links': {'Drives': [{'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE040000/Drives/0'}]}, 'RAIDType': 'RAID1', 'DisplayName': 'Test1'}
iLO.2.30.UnsupportedOperation
ERROR : iLO threw iLOResponseError
$

iLO 6 1.67 Feb 27 2025
System ROM A55 v2.42 (04/09/2025)
ProLiant DL365 Gen11

• Controller:
  HPE MR408i-o Gen11
• Drives(4):
  • "Model": "EG001200JWJNK",
  • "Name": "HPE 1.20TB 12.0G SAS HDD"

[rajeevkallur]

@wawont , For RAID1, you need to provide 2 disks.

[rajeevkallur]

@normanwyatt3 , @wawont , Please check the requirements for creating RAID50 or RAID1

[wawont]

@wawont , For RAID1, you need to provide 2 disks.

1:1:1,1:1:2 - It has 2 disks
this is an example that I reproduced on the server from the documentation, the same error with RAID5

4 disks in total in the server ProLiant DL365 Gen11

[wawont]

Update firmware to iLO v1.7

$ ilorest createvolume volume RAID5 1:1:1,1:1:2,1:1:3 "LSystem" True ReadAhead ProtectedWriteBack Yes --storageid=DE040000 --controller=0 --sparedrives ="1:1:4" 100
iLORest : RESTful Interface Tool version 6.3.0.0
Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
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CreateVolume path and payload: /redfish/v1/Systems/1/Storage/DE040000/Volumes, {'Links': {'Drives': [{'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE040000/Drives/0'}, {'@odata.id': '/redfish/v1/Chassis/DE040000/Drives/1'}]}, 'RAIDType': 'RAID5'}
iLO.2.34.UnsupportedOperation
ERROR	: iLO threw iLOResponseError