Sun Microsystems Server X4-2, Installation Manual

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Configuring Server Drives for OS Installation 143
Note – If the server has the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA
(SGX-SAS6-INT-Z) installed, setting the RAID volume to bootable is not required.
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Create a RAID Volume in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode
Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utilities
The BIOS RAID Configuration Utilities reside in the HBA firmware. Use this
procedure under either of the following conditions:
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You want to configure RAID on the intended OS installation hard drive and the
server does not have Oracle System Assistant or you do not want to use it.
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If you want to create a RAID volume level 5, 6, 50, or 60 using the storage drive on
which you plan to install the operating system.
Note – Oracle System Assistant only supports RAID 0, 1, and 10 for the
SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z HBA.
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You do not want to create a RAID volume, but the intended OS installation hard
drive has not been initialized.
1. Create one or more RAID volumes (virtual drives).
Refer to the instructions in the MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide located at
http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/sg_x_sas6-r-rem-z.aspx
.
2. If you created more than one virtual drive, make one virtual drive bootable.
For instructions, refer to “Make a RAID Volume Bootable Using the LSI WebBIOS
Configuration Utility” on page 143 .
Note – The MegaRAID SAS Software User’s Guide does not include instructions for
making a virtual drive bootable.
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Make a RAID Volume Bootable Using the LSI WebBIOS
Configuration Utility
Perform this procedure to make a RAID volume (virtual drive) bootable if you
created more than one RAID volume using the BIOS Configuration Utility on a
server that has the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA
(SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z) installed.
You do not need to perform this procedure if any of the following is true: