Configuring Sun Fire X4450 Server Raid Drives; Raid Drive Overview - Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 Installation Manual

Caution – This procedure is intended only for advanced users of the Solaris OS.
You can seriously disrupt server operation or make the server unbootable if you
introduce a problem in the menu.lst file.
To set the video port as the default output, do the following procedure:
1. Open the /boot/grub/menu.lst file in a text editor.
2. Modify the following line in the file to change the default so that the console
output goes to the video port:
default 1
3. Run the following command to add the Xserver startup scripts:
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
4. Reboot the server.
After the system reboots, the console output goes to the video port by default.
Configuring Sun Fire X4450 Server RAID
Drives
After you configure the Solaris OS, you might need to configure the RAID drives.

RAID Drive Overview

The Sun Fire X4450 server has two optional RAID Host Bus Adapter (HBA) cards.
You can access RAID configuration through the HBA card BIOS. To access the LSI
card BIOS, press Ctrl-C. To access the Sun StorageTek card BIOS, press Ctrl-A:
Sun Fire X4450 Server RAID HBA cards
TABLE 4-2
RAID HBA cards
Sun StorageTek
LSI 3081E
The system will have the preinstalled OS on HD0. When the Solaris OS installation
has been completed, the option to upgrade your single-disk OS to a mirrored RAID
solution is available.
Chapter 4
Press for BIOS
Ctrl-A
Crtl-C
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