Configuring Hardware Raid; Hardware Raid Support - Oracle SPARC Administration Manual

Configuring Hardware RAID

These topics describe how to configure and manage RAID disk volumes using the server's on-
board SAS-2 disk controller.
"Hardware RAID Support" on page 81
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"Hardware RAID Guidelines" on page 84
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"FCode-Based RAID Utility Commands" on page 84
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"Prepare to Create a RAID Hardware Volume (FCode-based RAID Utility)" on page 85
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"Create a Hardware RAID Volume" on page 86
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"Hot-Spare Drives in RAID Volumes (LSI)" on page 88
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"Determining if a Drive Has Failed" on page 88
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"RAID Drive Replacement Strategies" on page 91
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Related Information
"Matching Devices to Device Names" on page 69
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Hardware RAID Support

The servers provide hardware RAID support through on-board SAS2 RAID controllers. Each
controller enables you to create up to two logical disk volumes consisting of two or more
redundant disk drives. The following table identifies the hardware RAID controllers built into
each server.
Server
SPARC T5-1B
Netra SPARC T5-1B
SPARC T5-2
Controller Description
One on-board SAS2 controller
One on-board SAS2 controller
Two on-board SAS2 controllers
Supported RAID Levels
0, 1
0, 1
0, 1, 1e, 10
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