Installation Target Options; Set Up A Local Storage Drive (Hdd Or Ssd) As The Installation Target; Set Up A Fibre Channel Storage Area Network Device As The Installation Target - Oracle X5-2 Installation Manual

Set Up a Local Storage Drive (HDD or SSD) as the Installation Target

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Installation Target Options

With the exception of the embedded Oracle System Assistant USB flash drive (which is
reserved for Oracle System Assistant) and the optional NVMe storage drives (located in the
server front panel), you can install the operating system on any of the storage drives installed in
the server. These include hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs).
Note -
However, NVMe drives should not be used as installation targets because these drives do not
support booting of operating systems.
For servers equipped with Fibre Channel PCIe host bus adapters (HBAs), you can choose to
install the operating system to an external fibre channel storage device.
Set Up a Local Storage Drive (HDD or SSD) as the
Installation Target
Ensure that the target drive (HDD or SSD) is properly installed and powered on.
For more information about installing and powering on a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state
drive (SSD), refer to
.
Set Up a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network
Device as the Installation Target
1. Ensure that the PCIe host bus adapter (HBA) is properly installed in the server.
For more information about installing a PCIe HBA option, refer to
(CRU)" in Oracle Server X5-2 Service Manual
2. Ensure that the storage area network (SAN) is installed and configured to make
the storage device visible to the host on the server.
For instructions, refer to the documentation supplied with the Fibre Channel HBA.
18 Oracle Server X5-2 Installation Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System • April 2015
NVMe drives are supported on servers running the Oracle Solaris operating system,
"Servicing Storage Drives (CRU)" in Oracle Server X5-2 Service Manual
"Servicing PCIe Cards
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