8 Configuring Storage Drives for Operating System Installation
This section provides instructions for preparing storage devices for operating system (OS) installation.
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Provides an overview of RAID and operating systems. |
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Provides information and links to the procedures for configuring RAID on your server HBA. |
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Lists the HDDs and SSD drives, and HBAs supported on your server and provides links to the procedures for configuring RAID on them. |
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Configure RAID on Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Host Bus Adapter, Internal 16 Port |
The Oracle Storage 12 Gb SAS PCIe RAID Host Bus Adapter, Internal 16 Port controls the HDDs and SSD drives, which are shipped with RAID 0 volumes. You can use a BIOS utility to combine storage drives into RAID arrays. To learn more about this HBA, refer to the Oracle Storage 12 Gb/s SAS PCIe RAID HBA, Internal Installation Guide at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E87591_01/index.html . |
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View Installed Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Cards in BIOS Setup Utility |
Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Cards should be ready to install an OS without any additional configuration. You can use the BIOS Setup Utility to see a list of installed Oracle Flash Accelerator F640 PCIe Cards. |
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After you have configured storage drives, you can install an operating system on them. |