Management-subsystem-based software raid configuration system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a software Redundant Arrayof Independent Disk (RAID) engine that is configured to:
• create a RAID using a plurality of storage devices that are coupled to the processing system and a management subsystem, wherein the plurality of storage devices are separate from each of the processing system and the management subsystem;
• receive, via the respective storage device memory subsystem in a first storage device that is included in the plurality of storage devices, a configuration command that was provided in the respective storage device memory subsystem in the first storage device by the management subsystem and that instructs a configuration of software RAID volumes provided by the RAID;
• identify a subset of the plurality of storage devices that require configuration based on the configuration command;
• generate a respective configuration sub-command that instructs the configuration of each of the subset of the plurality of storage devices to provide the configuration of the software RAID volumes provided by the RAID according to the configuration command;
• and
• transmit the respective configuration sub-command to each of the subset of the plurality of storage devices for which that respective configuration sub-command was generated.

A method for management-subsystem-based software Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) configuration, comprising:

• Creating a RAID by a software Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID) subsystem using a plurality of storage devices that are coupled to the software RAID subsystem and the management subsystem, wherein the plurality of storage devices are separate from each of the software RAID subsystem and the management subsystem;
• receiving, by the software RAID subsystem via the respective storage device memory subsystem in a first storage device that is included in the plurality of storage devices, a configuration command that was provided in the respective storage device memory subsystem in the first storage device by the management subsystem and that instructs a configuration of software RAID volumes provided by the RAID;
• identifying, by the software RAID subsystem, a subset of the plurality of storage devices that require configuration based on the configuration command;
• generating, by the software RAID subsystem, a respective configuration sub-command that instructs the configuration of each of the subset of the plurality of storage devices to provide the configuration of the software RAID volumes provided by the RAID according to the configuration command;
• and
• transmitting, by the software RAID subsystem, the respective configuration sub-command to each of the subset of the plurality of storage devices for which that respective configuration sub- command was generated.