1. Oracle X9 Series Servers Administration Guide
  2. Configuring Storage Resources
  3. Configuring RAID
  4. Configure RAID (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)

Configure RAID (Oracle Hardware Management Pack)

Ensure the following:

  • The disk drives have been properly installed on the server.

    For more information, review the server Service Manual.

  • The host bus adapter (HBA) installed on the server is supported.

    A list of supported HBAs is provided in the server Product Notes.

  • If the server is running a UNIX-based platform, you have root permission.

  • If the server is running the Oracle Solaris operating system, note the following:

    • On Oracle Solaris, raidconfig is not compatible with the raidctl CLI tool. raidconfig supports SAS2, but the raidctl tool does not.

    • For servers running Oracle Solaris, after hot-plugging any device, run the devfsadm -C command to reenumerate all of the system device nodes before running the raidconfig command.

Caution:

Changing the RAID configuration erases all the data on the affected drives, including the OS. If you change the RAID configuration on a boot drive, you must reinstall the OS.
  1. Access the operating system command line with root privileges.
  2. Type the raidconfig create raid command:

    raidconfig create raid [--level level] [--stripe-size stripeSize] [--subarrays sizeOfRAIDcomponents] [--name volumeName] [--subdisk-size size] -disks disks

    For details, refer to Configuring RAID (raidconfig), Oracle Server CLI Tools User's Guide and Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User's Guide at Systems Management Documentation.