Overview of Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment
This section contains the following topics:
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“Utilities Overview” on page 26
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“Methods For Creating a Bootable Drive” on page 27
Utilities Overview
You can specify the HBA to be your boot device by using one of these utilities:
■
FCode
utility
- A utility that you can run on a SPARC system and that is accessible
through the Open Boot PROM (OBP) environment. This utility consists of a set of special
commands to display targets and manage RAID volumes.
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UEFI menu of the BIOS Setup utility
- A utility that you can run on an x86 system only
if you have set your system BIOS to boot in UEFI BIOS mode (which you can specify
through the Boot menu of the BIOS Setup utility). You can access this utility by pressing
F2, when prompted, during bootup, and then using the right arrow key to navigate to the
UEFI Driver Control menu at the top of the screen. The UEFI Driver Control menu provides
a standard environment for booting an operating system, managing physical disks and
RAID volumes, and running pre-boot applications.
Note -
Some operating system versions do not support UEFI BIOS mode. For information
about whether your operating system supports UEFI BIOS mode, see your system and
operating system documentation.
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BIOS Configuration utility
- A legacy booting utility that you can run on an x86 system
only if you have set your system BIOS to boot in legacy mode (which you can specify
through the Boot menu of the BIOS Setup utility). You access this utility by typing
Ctrl
+C
, when prompted, during bootup. This utility consists of a text-based user interface that
enables you to manage physical disks and RAID volumes.
Note -
Entering the BIOS Configuration utility (even if you make no changes in the utility)
might cause the system boot order list, provided by the system BIOS, to reset. To ensure
that the boot order is accurate after exiting the utility, access the server mainboard BIOS
during the next reboot of the system. Review the boot order list to verify that the order is
correct, and make any changes, if necessary. This will occur each time you enter the utility.
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Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe HBA, Internal Installation Guide For HBA Models SGX-SAS6-INT-Z and SG-SAS6-INT-Z
• May 2017
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