Oracle sun X4-8 Installation Manual page 82

Storage Drive Configuration
"Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Linux OS" on page 133
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"Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle VM 3.X Software" on page 127
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Type of Host Bus Adapter (HBA): Your server supports two types of SAS-2 HBAs:
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z): RAID is optional with this
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HBA.
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z): This HBA requires
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a RAID configuration. If you do not wish to use a RAID array, you must configure a single
storage drive with a RAID 0 volume (also called a "virtual disk") and make that volume
bootable.
RAID Configuration Tools: You can use Oracle System Assistant (recommended) or BIOS
RAID configuration utilities to configure RAID on either type of HBA.
Once you have installed your operating system, you can use supported OS-based RAID
management utilities included with your server to manage RAID storage drives.
Installing a new OS: The following table lists the conditions for configuring RAID volumes
when you are installing a new operating system:
Type of Configuration
RAID
No RAID
Configure a single storage drive
with a RAID 0 volume (also
called a "virtual disk") and make
that volume bootable.
No RAID
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HBA Type
Either supported HBA
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID
Internal HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z)
Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe Internal
HBA (SGX-SAS6-INT-Z
Link
To use Oracle System Assistant, see
Using Oracle System Assistant" on page 83
To use the BIOS configuration utility, see
RAID Using the BIOS RAID Configuration
Utilities" on page 101
To use Oracle System Assistant, see
With a Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Internal
HBA" on page 92
To use the BIOS configuration utility,
Using the BIOS With the Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID
Internal HBA" on page 104
Refer to your operating system installation documentation.
■ Sun Server X4-8 Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris
Operating System
■ Sun Server X4-8 Installation Guide for Oracle VM Server
■ Sun Server X4-8 Installation Guide for Linux Operating
Systems
■ Sun Server X4-8 Installation Guide for Microsoft
Windows
■ Sun Server X4-8 Installation Guide for VMware ESXi
"Configuring RAID
"Configuring
"Configure RAID
see"Configuring RAID