Creating a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
■
“Methods for Creating a Bootable Drive” on page 20
Utilities Overview
You can specify the HBA to be your boot device by using one of these utilities:
■
pcli
utility
- A utility that you can run on SPARC systems. You can access this utility by
issuing a break at a remote console. This utility is an implementation of RAID commands
that you can execute from the Open Boot PROM (OBP) environment. Creating a logical
drive through the
pcli
utility enables the HBA to expose the drive to the system.
The command-set of the
pcli
utility is identical to the command-set of the
storcli
utility.
Therefore, to help determine the syntax and structure of the
pcli
commands referenced in
this chapter, review the equivalent
storcli
commands, as described in the
MegaRAID SAS
Software User's Guide
, located at:
https://www.broadcom.com/support/oem/oracle/
■
LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu of the BIOS Setup Utility
– A utility that
you can run on an x86 system. You can access this utility by pressing F2, when prompted
during bootup, and then using the right arrow key to navigate to the Advanced tab, and then
to the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu option, near the bottom of the screen.
The MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu provides a standard environment for booting
an operating system, managing physical disks and RAID volumes, and running preboot
applications.
Methods for Creating a Bootable Drive
You must perform different procedures in this chapter, based on the type of system in which you
are installing the HBA:
■
If you are installing the HBA into a SPARC system
■
If you are installing the HBA into an x86 system
.
Creating a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
This section describes how to create or import a logical drive and then create an alias for that
drive on a SPARC system. You can then use the logical drive as your boot drive upon which to
install the Oracle Solaris OS.
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