Oracle X5-2 User Manual

Configuring Storage Drives for Operating
System Installation
This section contains procedures for configuring the server storage drives into RAID (redundant
array of independent disks) volumes.
Description Links
Learn about RAID configuration tools. “RAID Configuration Tools” on page 111
Learn about RAID configuration options and
requirements.
“RAID Configuration Requirements” on page 112
Configure server storage drives into RAID volumes
using Oracle System Assistant.
“Configuring Storage Drives Into RAID Volumes Using
Oracle System Assistant” on page 114
Configure server storage drives into RAID volumes
using the BIOS RAID configuration utilities.
“Configuring RAID Using the BIOS RAID Configuration
Utilities” on page 121
Related Information
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“Installation Procedure Overview ” on page 13
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Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Documentation Collection at: http://www.oracle.com/
technetwork/documentation/oracle-storage-networking-190061.html
RAID Configuration Tools
The server supports the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal (part number
7110117), which includes utilities to configure RAID. This host bus adapter (HBA) requires a
RAID array to install and boot an operating system (OS).
The procedures that you will use to configure RAID depend on which server BIOS mode is
selected, UEFI or Legacy BIOS. You can use either Oracle System Assistant (recommended)
or the BIOS RAID configuration utilities to configure RAID on the HBA. The following table
provides the links to the RAID configuration procedures for UEFI or Legacy BIOS mode.
Configuring Storage Drives for Operating System Installation 111

Oracle X5-2 Specifications

General

Number of Processors	2
Cores per Processor	Up to 18
Form Factor	2U Rackmount
Processor	Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3
Memory	Up to 768 GB DDR4
Power Supply	1200W
Operating System	Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris
Network	4 x 10Gb Ethernet ports