User's Manual

82 Sun Blade X6270 Server Module Installation Guide • December 2009
Mirroring the Preinstalled OpenSolaris
OS With LSI RAID
The OpenSolaris OS supports hardware RAID and cannot be installed on an existing
array if one has been created.
If you choose the preinstalled OpenSolaris OS and want to make the OS part of a
RAID set, and if you are using the LSI HBA card only, perform the following
procedure to update the preinstalled OpenSolaris OS to a mirrored RAID set. As
noted in
TABLE 6-3, only IM (Integrated Mirror) allows data on the primary hard disk
drive (HDD) to be preserved or merged into an array of disks.
This procedure describes how to create a mirror image of the OS before or after the
OpenSolaris installation. When the server has two or more hard disk drives, the
OpenSolaris OS is preinstalled on HDD0. You can mirror the OpenSolaris OS to any
of the other hard disk drives.
▼ Create a Mirror Image of the Preinstalled
OpenSolaris OS With LSI RAID
To create a mirror image of the OpenSolaris OS on HDD1:
1. Power on your server for the first time.
2. Press CTRL-C to access the LSI RAID Configuration utility.
3. Select the HBA card, then press Enter.
4. Choose RAID Properties.
5. Create an IM (Integrated Mirror) for the required disk configuration.
6. Select the hard disks to be used. Use the right arrow key to move the cursor to
the RAID column, then press the space bar to include disks into the RAID.
7. Because HDD0 contains data, select merge or delete:
■ Choose M to merge data and start a sync operation.
■ Choose D to erase the preinstalled OpenSolaris OS.
8. Press C to create the RAID and start the sync operation.
9. Click Exit to save the configuration and close the menu.