Set Up An Operating System And Drivers - Oracle X4-2B Installation Manual

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Create a RAID Volume using LSI SAS 2 BIOS
Configuration Utility
The LSI SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility resides in the HBA firmware. Use the LSI SAS2 BIOS
Configuration Utility to create a RAID volume before installing an OS when you want to:
Create a RAID volume before installing the OS on the disk.
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Create RAID volume level 1 or 10 using the drives that you want to install the OS on (Oracle
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System Assistant supports only RAID 0 for the SG-SAS6-REM-Z).
Not use Oracle System Assistant.
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Configure a server does not have Oracle System Assistant installed.
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To create a volume with the LSI SAS2 BIOS Configuration Utility:
Refer to the LSI document SAS Integrated RAID Solutions User's Guide at:
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http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/sg_x_sas6-rem-z.aspx
Follow the instructions.
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"7. Set Up an Operating System and Drivers" on page 73
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Next Steps

7. Set Up an Operating System and Drivers

You can configure the preinstalled operating system (OS), or install a supported OS for your
server. The following table shows options for installing or configuring an OS.
Installation Options
Configure preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS
Configure preinstalled Oracle VM
Configure preinstalled Oracle Linux
Install Oracle VM, Windows, or Linux OS
Use Oracle System Assistant.
Install Oracle Solaris OS
Install VMware ESX
Install OS drivers for any supported OS
7. Set Up an Operating System and Drivers
Link:
"Configuring Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS" on page 75
"Configuring Preinstalled Oracle VM Software" on page 83
"Configuring Preinstalled Oracle Linux OS" on page 91
Oracle X4 Series Server Administration Guide
x86: Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris
Operating System
x86: Sun Blade X4-2B Installation Guide for VMware ESXi
"Install OS or Drivers" on page 74
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