1. Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal: 16 Port and 2 GB Memory Installation Guide For HBA Model 7116970
  2. Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment
  3. About Creating a Bootable Drive in a Preboot Environment
  4. Utilities Overview

Utilities Overview

You can specify the HBA to be your boot device by using one of these utilities:

  • pcli utility - A utility that you can run on SPARC systems. You can access this utility by issuing a break at a remote console. This utility is an implementation of RAID commands that you can execute from the Open Boot PROM (OBP) environment. Creating a logical drive through the pcli utility enables the HBA to expose the drive to the system.

    The command-set of the pcli utility is identical to the command-set of the storcli utility. Therefore, to help determine the syntax and structure of the pcli commands referenced in this chapter, review the equivalent storcli commands, as described in the MegaRAID SAS Software User's Guide, located at: Oracle Downloads

  • LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu of the BIOS Setup Utility – A utility that you can run on an x86 system. You can access this utility by pressing F2, when prompted during bootup, and then using the right arrow key to navigate to the Advanced tab, and then to the LSI MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu option, near the bottom of the screen. The MegaRAID Configuration Utility menu provides a standard environment for booting an operating system, managing physical disks and RAID volumes, and running preboot applications.