Using the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility Menu to Create a Bootable Logical Drive
(x86)
This section describes how to use the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu in the BIOS
Setup Utility to create a logical drive on an x86 system. You can then define the
logical drive as bootable, and install an operating system onto that logical
drive.
Before performing the procedures in this section, verify the firmware level on the HBA and
perform any firmware updates, as necessary. For information about updating firmware,
see HBA Software Installation.
Perform the following procedures, in the order listed, to create a logical drive on an x86
system:
To Verify the Drives and Their Slots (x86)
This procedure helps you identify drives to be
used in a logical drive configuration.
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Access the system console from the Oracle Integrated Lights Out
Manager (ILOM) software or Video Graphics Array (VGA) video port.
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Initiate a system boot.
During the boot process, the BIOS initialization banner lists
information about the discovered SAS adapters and devices that are
attached to the discovered HBAs in the system.
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Press F2 during the boot process, when prompted, to launch the BIOS
Setup Utility, and then use the right arrow key to navigate to the
Advanced menu.
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Use the arrow keys to navigate to the LSI MegaRAID Configuration
Utility menu option, and press Enter.
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From the menu options that are displayed, use the arrow keys to
navigate to the Drive Management menu option, and press Enter.
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From the page that is displayed, review the attached drives and note
their respective slots for future reference.
In the following example, there are four drives in slots 0, 1, 2, and
3. Slots 2 and 3 are not currently used (indicated by the
Unconfigured Good text). You can use
Unconfigured Good drives to be part of your
logical drive configuration.
To Create a Logical Drive (x86)
After you have verified which drives are available for logical drive configuration,
as described in To Verify the Drives and Their Slots (x86), you can use those drives to create a logical
drive. In the following procedure, drives 2 and 3
(3:00:02, 3:00:03) are being used
to create a RAID 1 volume.
- From the Drive Management screen that is displaying the attached drives, press the Esc key to
return to the previous menu, use the arrow keys to navigate to the
Configuration Management menu option, and press Enter.
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From the page that is displayed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the
Create Virtual Drive menu option, and press Enter.
- From the page that is displayed, navigate to the Select RAID Level field, press Enter to
display the Select RAID Level popup window, choose the RAID level that
you want, based on your requirements, and press Enter.
In the following example, the RAID 1 level is selected.
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Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Select Drives field, and press
Enter.
- For each drive that you want
in the RAID volume configuration, do the following:
- Use the arrow keys
to navigate to the drive.
- Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled or Disabled field associated with the drive, and
press Enter.
- From the popup window that is displayed, use the arrow keys to navigate to the Enabled field,
and press Enter.
The drive is now listed as Enabled. In the following example, drives 2 and 3 are
enabled.
- After you have enabled all the
drives that you want to be part of the logical drive, use the arrow
keys to navigate to the Apply Changes field on the same page, and
press Enter.
The logical drive is now created with the drives that you
enabled, and the Confirmation page is displayed.
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Press Enter on the Confirmation page to return to the Create Virtual
Drive page.
- Complete the steps in To Confirm the Logical Drive Creation (x86).
To Confirm the Logical Drive Creation (x86)
Before You Begin
Before performing this procedure, verify the drives and their slots (see To Verify the Drives and Their Slots (x86)) and create a logical drive (see
To Create a Logical Drive (x86)).
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On the Create Virtual Drive page, optionally make any changes that
you would like (such as defining a drive name), and press Enter at the
Save the Configuration field to save the new configuration.
The Save Configuration confirmation page is displayed.
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Confirm the drive creation by doing the following:
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Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Confirm field, and press
Enter.
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From the popup window, change the value of the Confirm field
to Enabled, and press Enter.
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Use the arrow key to navigate to the Yes field, and press
Enter.
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At the page that is displayed, press Enter to complete the virtual
drive creation.
A message is displayed, stating that the virtual drive creation was
successful and that all free unconfigurable space has been used.
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To verify that the logical drive (virtual drive) was created, press
the Esc key to return to the Configuration Utility menu, use the arrow
keys to navigate to the View Drive Group Properties menu option, and
press Enter.
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Review the logical drive information on the page that is
displayed.
In the following example, Drive Group 2, Virtual Drive 4 has been
created.
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Exit the BIOS Setup Utility and reboot to install an OS on that
logical drive or to manipulate the boot drive.
For information about verifying the label of the newly created logical
drive, see To Verify That the Label of a Logical Drive Is Valid.
For information about installing the Oracle OS, see Installing the Oracle Solaris OS.