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configuration utilities to configure RAID on either HBA. The following table
provides the links to the RAID configuration procedures for each configuration tool
and each BIOS mode.
RAID Configuration Requirements
Configuring storage drives into RAID volumes is an optional task. It is recommended
that you use Oracle System Assistant to configure RAID on the server. If your server
does not have Oracle System Assistant, you can use the BIOS configuration utilities
to configure RAID on the server.
You have the following options with respect to RAID:
■
Option 1
– If you intend to use the preinstalled version of an operating system or
virtual machine software, you cannot configure the server’s storage drives into
RAID volumes because the preinstalled operating system does not support RAID
configurations.
For this option, skip this section and proceed to one of the following sections:
RAID Configuration
Tool
Supported HBAs
BIOS Mode
Supported
RAID Configuration Procedures
Oracle System
Assistant
• Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS
PCIe Internal HBA
(SGX-SAS6-INT-Z)
UEFI and
Legacy
BIOS
•
“Configure RAID on Storage Drives Using a Sun
Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA” on
page 93
• Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS
PCIe RAID Internal
HBA
(SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z)
•
“Configure RAID on Storage Drives Using a Sun
Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA” on
page 101
BIOS
Configuration
Utilities
• Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS
PCIe Internal HBA
(SGX-SAS6-INT-Z)
• UEFI
•
“Configure RAID in UEFI Boot Mode With the
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA” on
page 111
• Legacy
BIOS
•
“Configure RAID in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode
With the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal
HBA” on page 113
• Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS
PCIe RAID Internal
HBA
(SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z)
• UEFI
•
“Configure RAID in UEFI Boot Mode With the
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA”
on page 115
• Legacy
BIOS
•
“Configuring RAID in Legacy BIOS Boot Mode
With the Sun Storage 6 Gb PCIe RAID Internal
HBA” on page 123
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