Oracle SGX-SAS6-EM-Z Installation Manual page 4

Contents
Creating a Bootable Drive (x86) ....................................................................... 28
Validating the Oracle Solaris Labels of the HBA Drives ........................................ 33
Installing the Oracle Solaris OS ........................................................................ 35
4 HBA Software Installation .............................................................................. 37
Installing the Oracle Solaris Driver and Firmware ................................................ 37
Installing the Linux Driver and Firmware ........................................................... 38
Firmware Updates .......................................................................................... 38
Installing the Windows Server Driver and Firmware ............................................. 38
Firmware Updates .......................................................................................... 39
Installing the VMware Driver and Firmware ....................................................... 39
5 Known Issues ................................................................................................ 41
MegaRAID Storage Manager GUI-Related Issues ................................................ 41
Storage-Related Issues .................................................................................... 43
A HBA Specifications ....................................................................................... 45
Physical Characteristics ................................................................................... 45
PCI Performance ............................................................................................ 45
SAS Port Bandwidths ..................................................................................... 46
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Creating an Alias for a Bootable Drive (SPARC) ......................................... 27
▼ To Create a Bootable Drive (x86) ........................................................ 28
Using the BIOS Configuration Utility to Set Up a Bootable Drive (x86) ........... 29
Selecting a Bootable Drive (x86) .............................................................. 32
▼ To Verify That the Oracle Solaris Label of a Drive is Valid ....................... 33
Next Steps ............................................................................................ 35
▼ To Prepare to Install the Oracle Solaris OS ............................................ 36
▼ To Install the Oracle Solaris OS .......................................................... 36
Firmware Updates .................................................................................. 37
▼ To Install the Linux Driver ................................................................. 38
▼ To Install the Windows Driver ............................................................ 39
Cannot Hotplug the HBA Card Through the MSM GUI ................................ 41
Cannot Assign a Global Hot Spare Through the MSM GUI ........................... 42
Cannot Upgrade Firmware on the HBA Through the MSM GUI ..................... 42
Cannot Reboot After Upgrading Firmware on the HBA ................................ 42
Only 24 Devices Are Displayed In The System BIOS Boot List ...................... 43
Kernel Panic During Oracle Solaris Operating System Installation ................... 43
The Oracle Solaris OS Installation Hangs ................................................... 44
The System Hangs After Deleting a RAID Volume ...................................... 44