Sun Microsystems X6270 manual Configuring Server RAID Drives, RAID Drive Overview

Configuring Server RAID Drives

After you configure the OpenSolaris OS, you might need to configure the RAID drives.

RAID Drive Overview

The Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Servers have two optional host bus adapter (HBA) cards. You can access RAID configuration through the HBA card BIOS. To access the LSI HBA card BIOS, press CTRL-C during the system boot. To access the Sun StorageTek HBA card BIOS, press CTRL-A during the system boot.

TABLE 6-2Sun Blade X6270 Server Module HBA Cards

HBA Cards	Press for BIOS
Sun StorageTek	CTRL-A
LSI 3081E	CTRL-C

The server has the preinstalled OS on hard disk drive 0 (HDD0). When the OpenSolaris OS installation is complete, the option to upgrade your single-disk OS to a mirrored RAID solution is available.

The configuration procedure is different for each supported HBA card. For example, a Sun StorageTek HBA card has many more options for RAID configuration than does an LSI HBA card. Configure the RAID depending on your needs as shown in TABLE 6-3.

Note – Configuring RAID for the server is optional. By default the OpenSolaris preinstalled image is configured in a non-RAID configuration. If anything other than a basic mirror RAID is required, it is recommended that you perform a fresh install of the OpenSolaris Operating System (or other OS) in the desired RAID configuration.

80 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Installation Guide • December 2009