Oracle X5-2 User Manual

RAID Configuration Requirements
configure the server storage drives into RAID volumes before you install the operating
system.
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If your server is equipped with Oracle System Assistant, see “Configuring Storage
Drives Into RAID Volumes Using Oracle System Assistant” on page 114 and select
the task that matches the internal HBA that is installed on your server.
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If your server is not equipped with Oracle System Assistant, see “Configuring RAID
Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utilities” on page 121.
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Option 3 –You are going to do a fresh operating system installation, but you do not want to
configure multiple storage drives into RAID volumes.
For this option, you must configure a single storage drive on a RAID volume and make that
volume bootable.
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If your server is equipped with Oracle System Assistant, see “Configure RAID on
Storage Drives” on page 115 and configure RAID on a single storage drive.
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If your server is not equipped with Oracle System Assistant, see “Configuring RAID
Using the BIOS RAID Configuration Utilities” on page 121 and configure RAID on
a single storage drive.
Note - If you choose option 3, you must configure a single storage drive on a RAID volume
and make that volume bootable; otherwise, the internal HBA will not be able to identify the
storage drive to use for the installations.
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Option 4 – You are going to do a fresh OS installation, but you do not want to configure the
server storage drives into RAID volumes.
Proceed to the installation guide for the operating system you want to install:
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“Installing the Oracle Solaris Operating System” in Oracle Server X5-2 Installation
Guide for Oracle Solaris Operating System
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“Installing a Linux Operating System” in Oracle Server X5-2 Installation Guide for
Linux Operating Systems
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“Installing Oracle VM Server” in Oracle Server X5-2 Installation Guide for Oracle VM
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“Installing a Windows Server Operating System” in Oracle Server X5-2 Installation
Guide for Windows Server Operating Systems
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For VMware ESXi installation instructions, go to “Installing VMware ESXi” in Oracle
Server X5-2 Installation Guide for VMware ESXi
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For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation instructions, go to “Installing SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server OS on a Single System Manually” in Oracle Server X5-2
Installation Guide for Linux Operating Systems
Configuring Storage Drives for Operating System Installation 113

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