3 Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment

This section describes how to use the HBA as your boot device prior to installing an operating system (OS) on the system.

Note - If you are installing the HBA into a system that already has an OS installed, do not perform any tasks in this section. Instead, complete the HBA installation, as described in To Complete the Installation.

This section contains the following topics:

• About Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment

• Creating a Bootable Drive (SPARC)

• Creating a Bootable Drive (x86)

• Validating the Label of the HBA Logical Drive

• Installing the Oracle Solaris OS