Oracle X5-2 User Manual

RAID Limitations on Preinstalled Operating Systems
RAID Configuration Tool BIOS Mode Supported RAID Configuration Procedures
Oracle System Assistant UEFI and Legacy BIOS “Configuring Storage Drives Into
RAID Volumes Using Oracle System
Assistant” on page 114
BIOS Configuration Utilities UEFI and Legacy BIOS ■ “Configure RAID in UEFI Boot
Mode” on page 121
■ “Configure RAID in Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode” on page 127
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 “Operating System
Options” on page 132.
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
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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“Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Solaris Operating System” on page 131
■
“Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle Linux Operating System” on page 139
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“Configuring the Preinstalled Oracle VM Server Software” on page 145
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Option 2 – If you are going to do a fresh operating system installation and you want
to configure multiple server storage drives into one or more RAID volumes, you must
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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