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PRIMERGY RX300 S4 User's Guide
2.3 Precautions on Installation
Observe all the following notes before starting OS installation.
2.3.1 Installation Partition Size
The installation partition sizes are stated as below when using ServerStart to install your OS.
• Maximum size: 2TB
• Minimum size: 2200MB
Notes
• When setting the OS and BOOT partitions on different partitions, specify the partition size directly.
The BOOT partition indicates the partition for startup. Minimum information required for startup
such as "ntldr" is allocated on the partition.
The OS partition indicates the partition for installing the OS.
• In either of the following cases, specify a partition size 2TB or less.
• When the same partition is specified as the OS and BOOT partitions
• When different partitions are specified as the OS and BOOT partitions
• The OS cannot be installed on a partition larger than 2TB.
2.3.2 Notes on Configuring RAID
Observe the notes described as follows prior to configuring RAID.
Hard disk unit
• Only internal hard disk units can be used. Up to six internal hard disk units can be installed in this
server. However, the number of available hard disk units that can be installed varies depending on the
RAID level. For details, refer to Array Controller Document & Tool CD.
• Be sure to use hard disk units of the same model with the same capacity.
Array configuration
Configure RAID with an internal hard disk unit which is connected to a SAS RAID Ctrl. The array
controller to be employed is "MegaRAID SAS" and available RAID level is "RAID 0 / RAID 1/
RAID 1+0 / RAID 5/ RAID 6". For details, refer to "MegaRAID SAS Users Guide" in Array Controller
Document & Tool CD.
Only one array controller is available with connecting to the internal hard disk. Multiple array
controllers cannot be used.