Configure the Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe Card

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An Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe card contains NVMe solid-state storage. If you ordered these cards with your server, one card per PDomain will be preinstalled with the Oracle Solaris OS and the other required software. You must set the factory-installed card as the PDomain boot device and boot the PDomain before you can configure the preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS.

Note - If you did not order an Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe card with the server, configure a bootable storage device for each server PDomain. For guidance on configuring external storage devices and installing the Solaris OS on these devices, see Configure External Storage Devices.

Confirm that the PDomain contains an Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe card and a network interface card cabled to the network.
Visually inspect the server and note the PCIe slots where the cards are installed in the PDomain.

In this example, the PDomain has two Oracle Flash Accelerator F160 PCIe cards installed; one in CMIOU0, PCIe slot 3, and the other in CMIOU4, PCIe Slot 3. The PDomain also contains a network interface card installed in CMIOU1, PCIe slot 3.
At the OpenBoot ok prompt, list the Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe cards installed in the PDomain.
Use the following examples to determine the path to the Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe card.

Note - See Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe Cards for the default locations and device paths for factory-installed Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe cards.
- Example with a SPARC M7-8 server with two Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe cards.
  In this SPARC M7-8 server with one PDomain example, there are two factory-installed Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe cards. In this example, the lowest numbered card contains the preinstalled Oracle Solaris OS software. The lowest-numbered card is installed in CMIOU0, PCIe slot 3 and has the /pci@301/pci@1/nvme@0 device path.
```
ok probe-nvme-all
/pci@315/pci@1/nvme@0
     NVME Controller VID: 8086 SSVID: 108e SN:CVMD512100AA1P6N MN:  INTEL SSDPEDME032T4S FR: 8DV1RA13 NN: 1
         Namespace ID:1 Size: 3.200 TB
/pci@301/pci@1/nvme@0
     NVME Controller VID: 8086 SSVID: 108e SN:CVMD512100F81P6N MN:  INTEL SSDPEDME032T4S FR: 8DV1RA13 NN: 1
         Namespace ID:1 Size: 3.200 TB
```
- Example with a SPARC M8-8 server with one Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe card.
  In this SPARC M8-8 server with one PDomain example, there is one factory-installed Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe card installed in CMIOU0, PCIe slot 3. Each Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe card contains two PCIe controllers, so the probe-nvme-all output will show two device paths (one for each controller). Refer to the Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe card documentation for more information.
```
ok probe-nvme-all
/pci@301/pci@1/pci@0/pci@2/nvme@0
    NVME Controller VID: 8086 SSVID: 108e SN: PHLE713400SU6P4B MN: 7335943:ICDPC5ED2ORA6.4T FR: QDV1RD06 NN: 1
        Namespace ID: 1 Size: 3.200 TB

/pci@301/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/nvme@0
    NVME Controller VID: 8086 SSVID: 108e SN: PHLE713400SU6P4B MN: 7335943:ICDPC5ED2ORA6.4T FR: QDV1RD06 NN: 1
        Namespace ID: 1 Size: 3.200 TB
```
Set the Oracle Flash Accelerator PCIe card as the boot device.
- Oracle Flash Accelerator F320 PCIe card example:
```
ok setenv boot-device /pci@301/pci@1/nvme@0/disk@1:a
```
- Oracle Flash Accelerator F6400 PCIe card example:
```
ok setenv boot-device /pci@301/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/nvme@0/disk@1:a
```
List the network devices in the PDomain.
In this example, the show-nets command lists the four network ports of a quad Ethernet card installed in CMIOU1, PCIe slot 3. For a list of the PCIe device paths for the server, refer to Understanding PCIe Card Device and Service Paths in SPARC M8 and SPARC M7 Servers Service Manual.
```
ok show-nets
a) /pci@306/pci@1/network@0,3
b) /pci@306/pci@1/network@0,2
c) /pci@306/pci@1/network@0,1
d) /pci@306/pci@1/network@0
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: q
```
Set the primary network device.
In this example, port 0 of the card is set as the primary network device.
```
ok nvalias net /pci@306/pci@1/network@0
```
Boot the PDomain to start the Oracle Solaris OS configuration.
```
ok boot
```
When prompted, follow the onscreen instructions to configure the Oracle Solaris OS.
You will be prompted to confirm the configuration several times. If you are not sure how to respond to a particular value, you can accept the default, and make future changes when the Oracle Solaris OS is running.

See Oracle Solaris OS Configuration Parameters and refer to How to Reconfigure Using the SCI Tool in Installing Oracle Solaris 11.3 Systems for more information.
After configuring the Oracle Solaris OS, explore other Oracle Solaris OS and Oracle ILOM features.
See Additional Software Configuration and Testing.

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