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Sun Storage 6 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal Installation Guide For HBA Models SGX-SAS6-R-INT-Z and SG-SAS6-R-INT-Z |
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and Removal
Chapter 3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment
Overview of Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment
Methods For Creating a Bootable Drive
Creating a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
To Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
Using the pcli Utility to Create a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
To Prepare to Use the pcli Utility
To Create a Logical Drive With the pcli Utility
Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration (SPARC)
To Import an Existing Logical Drive Configuration From a Different Controller (SPARC)
Creating an Alias for a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
To Create an Alias for a Bootable Drive (SPARC)
Creating a Bootable Drive (x86)
To Create a Bootable Drive (x86)
Using the Configuration Options Menu to Create a Bootable Logical Drive (x86)
To Verify the Drives and Their Slots (x86)
To Create a Logical Drive (x86)
To Confirm the Logical Drive Creation (x86)
Using the pcli Utility to Create a Bootable Drive (x86)
To Create a Logical Drive With the pcli Utility (x86)
Importing an Existing Logical Drive Configuration (x86)
To Import an Existing Logical Drive Configuration Using the Configuration Options Menu (x86)
To Import an Existing Logical Drive Configuration in Legacy Booting Mode (x86)
To Boot an x86 Server From an External Disk Drive
Validating the Label of the HBA Logical Drive
To Verify That the Label of a Logical Drive Is Valid
Installing the Oracle Solaris OS
To Prepare to Install the Oracle Solaris OS
To Install the Oracle Solaris OS
You can specify the HBA to be your boot device by using one of these utilities:
pcli utility - A legacy utility that you can run on both SPARC and x86 systems only if you have set your system BIOS to boot in legacy mode (which you can specify through the Boot menu of the BIOS Setup utility). You can access this utility by issuing a break at a remote console (SPARC) or by pressing Ctrl+Y during bootup (x86). This utility is an implementation of RAID commands that you can execute from the Open Boot Prom (OBP) environment. Creating a logical drive through the pcli utility enables the HBA to expose the drive to the system.
The command-set of the pcli utility is identical to the command-set of the MegaCli utility. Therefore, to help determine the syntax and structure of the pcli commands referenced in this chapter, review the equivalent MegaCli commands, as described in the MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide, located at: http://www.lsi.com/sep/Pages/oracle/index.aspx
Configuration Options menu of the BIOS Setup utility - A utility that you can run on an x86 system only if you have set your system BIOS to boot in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) BIOS mode (which you can specify through the Boot menu of the BIOS Setup utility). You can access this utility by pressing F2, when prompted, during bootup, and then using the right arrow key to navigate to the Configuration Options menu at the top of the screen. The Configuration Options menu provides a standard environment for booting an operating system, managing physical disks and RAID volumes, and running pre-boot applications.
WebBIOS utility - A legacy utility that you can run on an x86 system only if you have set your system BIOS to boot in legacy mode. You can access this utility by typing Ctrl+H during system bootup. This utility consists of a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables you to manage physical disks and logical drives that you have created. Use this utility to specify the boot drive for your x86 system.