Special Actions Required to Boot Oracle Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a Sun Blade X6270 M2 Server Module (6957510, 6957566)

Some special actions are required before you can boot Oracle Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux from a Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module with a Sun Storage 6Gb SAS REM RAID HBA (SGX-SAS6-R-REM-Z).

• Whether the drive is on the storage module or the Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module, you must tell the OS where to find it.

• If the drive is on the storage module, you must assign it to a RAID volume.

Use the following workaround procedures.

Workaround

Use the following procedure to create a boot drive for a Sun Blade X6270 M2 server module equipped with an Sun Storage 6Gb SAS REM RAID HBA that will run either Oracle Enterprise Linux or Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1. Boot the system.

2. During the boot process, select Ctrl-H to enter the REM's WebBIOS configuration utility.

3. Create a logical volume for the boot drive.

   Using the REM utility to create the volume means that the REM firmware will manage the volume including multipath control. After you have saved your volume, you will reboot the system.

4. Re-enter WebBIOS by using Ctrl-H during boot.

5. At the main WebBIOS screen, select Virtual Drives.

6. Check to to confirm that the Virtual drive you want to act as the boot drive has the Set Boot Drive option selected.

   If not, the option will say Set_Boot Drive (current=none). Select the Set Boot Drive option to enable it and then click Go.

7. Return to the WebBIOS main screen and click Controller Properties.

8. Click Next at the first properties screen.

9. At the second Controller Properties screen, ensure that the Controller BIOS field is "Enabled".

   If not, set it to Enabled and click the Submit button.

10. Save and exit the utility to restart the system.

11. Install Linux on the bootable logical volume you created with the REM.

    Refer to the REM and Linux documentation for specifics.