Raid Limitations On Preinstalled Operating Systems; Raid Configuration Requirements - Oracle X5-2 Installation Manual
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RAID Limitations on Preinstalled Operating Systems
RAID Configuration Tool
Oracle System Assistant
BIOS Configuration Utilities
RAID Limitations on Preinstalled Operating Systems
By default, each physical drive on the server is configured as a RAID 0 volume. If you ordered
the preinstalled Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, or Oracle VM Server operating system (OS),
the OS was installed on one of these RAID 0 drives. You have the option of reconfiguring
the server drives to suit your environment. However, reconfiguring the drives might erase the
preinstalled OS and any other data on the drives.
For more information about installing an operating system, see
Options" on page
RAID Configuration Requirements
Reconfiguring storage drives into RAID volumes is an optional task. If you choose to
reconfigure the drives, it is recommended that you use Oracle System Assistant. If your server
does not have Oracle System Assistant, use the BIOS RAID configuration utilities to configure
RAID on the server.
You have the following options for configuring your server storage drives:
Option 1 - If you ordered a preinstalled operating system or virtual machine software, the
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operating system or software was installed on a preconfigured drive. If you reconfigure the
drives, you could erase the preinstalled operating system.
If you want to keep the preinstalled operating system on the preconfigured drive, skip this
section and proceed to one of the following sections:
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Option 2 - If you are going to do a fresh operating system installation and you want
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to configure multiple server storage drives into one or more RAID volumes, you must
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Oracle Server X5-2 Installation Guide • January 2021
BIOS Mode Supported
UEFI and Legacy BIOS
UEFI and Legacy BIOS
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RAID Configuration Procedures
"Configuring Storage Drives Into
RAID Volumes Using Oracle System
Assistant" on page 114
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