Sun Microsystems X6450 - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 1 Introduction 17
▼ To Configure the Sun Blade RAID 5 Expansion Module
1. Power on the server module.
2. Use Ctrl-A to open the configuration utility.
3. Use the utility to create a volume for each disk or each RAID that you want the
server’s BIOS (and OS if installed) to see.
The BIOS utility can create up to 20 volumes. Each volume can contain a single
disk or a RAID (RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 10, 5, or 6) with global or dedicated hot
spares.
Each volume created by the BIOS Utility will be seen by the server’s BIOS as a
single disk drive.
For additional information, see: the Sun Intel Adaptec RAID User's Guide.
▼ To Configure the Sun Blade 0/1 RAID Expansion
Module
1. Power on the server module.
2. Use Ctrl-C to open the configuration utility.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a mirrored RAID.
You can choose between RAID 1 (two mirrored disks with an optional hot spare)
or RAID 1E (three or more mirrored disks with one or two hot spares).
4. Exit the LSI RAID configuration utility.
5. You can install your OS on this RAID volume.
See the Sun LSI 106x RAID User’s Guide for additional configuration information.
Installing an Operating System
After you have installed your server, you can install an operating system and
drivers. Your server module supports the Solaris, Linux, VMware, or Windows
operating systems.
■ For details about installing a supported VMware, Linux, or Solaris operating
system, refer to the Sun Blade X6450 Server Module Operating System Installation
Guide (820-3536).