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SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Installation Guide

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Updated: September 2017
 
 

Planning Storage Devices

The server does not include integrated storage devices like drives or disk arrays. Each server PDomain must have access to a bootable storage device so that it can run the Oracle Solaris OS, run applications, and store data.

Each bootable storage option requires you to install a PCIe card in the PDomain to access the storage device. Refer to the following site for a list of supported PCIe cards:

https://community.oracle.com/community/server_%26_storage_systems/systems-io/sparc-servers

Description
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Use an Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe Card as a local storage device.
Use an FC adapter to boot an external storage device over a FC SAN.
Use a SAS HBA to boot an external SAS storage device cabled to the HBA.
Use a network interface card to boot an external storage device over an Ethernet network.
Use an InfiniBand adapter to boot off an external storage device in an InfiniBand environment.

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