Oracle Sun Server X4-4 Installation Manual page 80

Drive Configuration Options
would destroy the preinstalled image. For systems with a preinstalled OS image, proceed to
one of the following sections:
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Option 2 - If you are going to do a fresh OS install and you want to configure multiple
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server storage drives into one or more RAID volumes, you must configure the server
storage drives into RAID volumes before you install the OS.
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Option 3 - Your server has the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA (SGX-
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SAS6-R-INT-Z) installed and you are going to do a fresh OS install, but you do not want to
configure multiple storage drives into RAID volumes. For this option, you must configure
a single storage drive with a RAID 0 volume (also called a "virtual disk") and make that
volume bootable.
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volume and make that volume bootable; otherwise, the internal HBA will not be able to
identify the storage drive.
Option 4 - Your server has the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA (SGX-
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SAS6-INT-Z) installed and you are going to do a fresh OS install, but you do not want
to configure the server storage drives into RAID volumes. For this option, refer to the
installation guide for the OS you want to install:
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"Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS" on page 107
"Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Linux OS" on page 113
"Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle VM Software " on page 119
If your server is equipped with Oracle System Assistant, proceed to
Using Oracle System Assistant" on page 81
internal HBA that is installed in your server.
If your server is not equipped with Oracle System Assistant, proceed to
RAID Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utilities" on page
If your server is equipped with Oracle System Assistant, proceed to
With a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA" on page 86
a RAID 0 volume on a single storage drive.
If your server is not equipped with Oracle System Assistant, proceed to
RAID Using the BIOS With the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal
HBA" on page 96 and configure RAID 0 volume on a single storage drive.
If you choose option 3, you must configure a single storage drive with a RAID 0
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"Configuring RAID
and select the task that matches the
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"Configure RAID
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