To Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
If you are an x86 system user, do not perform the steps in this section. Instead, go to
Bootable Drive (x86)” on page 26
.
This section contains the following topics:
■
“To Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC)” on page 21
■
Utility to Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC) ” on page 21
■
“Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration (SPARC)” on page 25
To Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
Do one of the following:
■
Create a logical drive, as described in
Bootable Drive (SPARC) ” on page 21
.
Or:
■
Import a logical drive configuration from a different MegaRAID controller,
“Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration
.
Using the
pcli
Utility to Create a Bootable Drive
(SPARC)
This section describes how to use the
pcli
utility to create a logical drive on a SPARC system
prior to installing the Oracle Solaris operating system (OS). This section contains the following
topics:
■
■
“To Create a Logical Drive With the
■
“To Create an Alias for a Bootable Drive (SPARC)” on page 24
To Prepare to Use the
pcli
Utility
1.
Open an
xterm
or a
gnome
terminal window.
pcli
commands can produce large amounts of detailed output. The
xterm
and
gnome
terminal
windows provide scroll bar functionality, which helps when viewing such output.
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