RAID Configuration Requirements
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To install an OS, ensure that the drive where you want to install the OS is visible to the
system.
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To install and boot an OS, you need to create a RAID volume on the drive.
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If you do not want to use a RAID array, configure a drive as a RAID 0 volume.
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You can use the BIOS RAID configuration utilities to configure RAID on the internal HBA
card. See “Configuring RAID” on page 99.
The following table lists the disk requirements for each supported RAID level:
RAID Level Number of Disks Required
0 1
1 2
5 3
6 4
10 4
50 6
60 8
After you create a bootable RAID volume, install the OS. For details, refer to the operating
system installation guide in http://www.oracle.com/goto/x7-2/docs or http://www.oracle.
com/goto/x7-2l/docs.
RAID Configuration Requirements
Reconfiguring storage drives into RAID volumes is an optional task. Use the BIOS RAID
configuration utilities to configure RAID on the server.
You have the following options for configuring your server storage drives:
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Option 1 – If you are going to install an operating system and you want to configure
multiple server storage drives into one or more RAID volumes, configure the server storage
drives into RAID volumes before you install the operating system.
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Option 2 – If you are going to install an OS, but you do not want to configure the server
storage drives into RAID volumes, refer to the OS installation instruction in the Oracle
Servers X7-2 and X7-2L Operating Systems Installation Guide.
For information on creating RAID volumes after installing an operating system, refer to
the Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide at http://www.oracle.com/goto/
x86admindiag/docs.
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