HP ProLiant BL30p Setup And Installation Manual page 52

Server Blade Configuration and Utilities
Important Considerations
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Works with the 0.90 version of software RAID included in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and United Linux 1.0.
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Version 1.00 of software RAID included in the latest 2.6 kernels is not supported.
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When used with Red Hat Linux, BIOS Enhanced RAID requires selection of the
LILO boot loader during installation since GRUB doesn't fully support software
RAID boot devices.
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United Linux is not supported since United Linux does not allow the user to
configure software RAID for the boot partition.
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Supports RAID 1 (mirroring) only.
Enabling BIOS Enhanced RAID
1. Enable BIOS Enhanced RAID in the RBSU Advanced Settings menu.
2. Begin installation of any supported Red Hat release.
3. Select Manually partition with Disk Druid at the Disk Partitioning Setup
screen.
4. Delete all existing partitions.
5. Select New and create a 100-MB partition of type software RAID on device
HDA.
6. Select New and create a 100-MB partition of type software RAID on device
HDB.
7. Select RAID then create a RAID Device.
8. Select /boot as the Mount Point and set the RAID Level to RAID1.
9. Click OK.
10. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all other desired partitions.
11. At the Boot Loader Configuration screen, select Change Boot Loader.
12. Select LILO as the boot loader.
13. Continue with normal installation.
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