Configuring Storage Drives for Operating System Installation

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This section provides instructions for preparing storage devices for operating system (OS) installation.

Section	Description
RAID Overview	Provides an overview of RAID and operating systems.
Configuring RAID	Provides information and links to the procedures for configuring RAID on your server HBA.
Supported Storage Devices	Lists the HDDs and SSD drives, and HBAs supported on your server and provides links to the procedures for configuring RAID on them.
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.
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.
Installing an Operating System	After you have configured storage drives, you can install an operating system on them.