Make a RAID Volume Bootable Using the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility
Note - Oracle System Assistant supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 for the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/
s SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal.
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You do not want to create a RAID volume, but the intended OS installation hard drive has
not been initialized.
1.
Create one or more RAID volumes (virtual drives).
2.
If you created more than one virtual drive, make one virtual drive bootable.
For instructions, refer to “Make a RAID Volume Bootable Using the LSI MegaRAID
Configuration Utility” on page 128.
Note - The MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide does not include instructions for making a
virtual drive bootable.
Make a RAID Volume Bootable Using the LSI
MegaRAID Configuration Utility
Before you begin this procedure, create at least one virtual drive, or RAID volume,
using the BIOS Configuration Utility (see “Configure RAID in Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode” on page 127).
Perform this procedure to make a RAID volume (virtual drive) bootable if you created more
than one RAID volume using the BIOS Configuration Utility on the server. You do not need to
perform this procedure if any of the following is true:
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You used Oracle System Assistant to create a volume and to make the volume bootable.
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You only created one virtual drive using the BIOS RAID configuration utilities.
1.
Access the host console locally or through Oracle ILOM.
For instructions, see “Access Serial Remote Host Console (CLI)” on page 97.
2.
Reset or power on the server.
For example, to reset the server:
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From the local server, press the Power button (approximately 1 second) on the front panel
of the server to power off the server, and then press the Power button again to power on the
server.
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