RAID Configuration Options

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Before configuring RAID, review Oracle's recommendations for drive slot population and virtual drive creation. See your hardware installation guide for details.

This section describes some of the tools used to configure RAID arrays:

Description	Links
Configure RAID using Oracle System Assistant.	Configure Hardware for RAID (Oracle System Assistant) Use to prepare drives, including boot drives, before installing the operating system.
Configure RAID using Oracle Hardware Management Pack.	Configure RAID (Oracle Hardware Management Pack) Use to create and manage RAID volumes on your server after the operating system is installed, as long as they are not boot drives.
Configure RAID using BIOS.	Configure RAID (BIOS) Use the BIOS Setup Utility to create and manage RAID volumes.

Other RAID Options

There are many variations of RAID and the tools used to configure it. This section provides a limited set of instructions. Other methods include:

LSI SAS2 2008 RAID Management Utility: Use the sas2icru commands for some HBAs, including the SGX-SAS6-REM-Z.

You can download this tool from:

http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/sg_x_sas6-rem-z.aspx
LSI MegaCLI or MegaRAID Storage Manager: Use either of these utilities to create and manage RAID volumes for HBAs, including the SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z (note the "R" in the name to distinguish it from the above HBA).

You can download these tools from:

http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/sg_x_sas6-r-rem-z.aspx

See Also:

See your HBA and hardware documentation for more information about RAID.