Owner's Manual

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installations.
* On SAS 5/iR, 6/iR controller cards, disks that appear in "Foreign"
state will not be available for OS installation in non-RAID mode. If
you wish to use any disk that is in "Foreign" state for OS
installation, clear the physical disks using "Erase All Physical
Disks" feature under System Tools section. If all disks are in
"Foreign" state, Systems Build and Update Utility may fail to install
OS on the controller in non-RAID mode.
* On system with SAS 5/iR and/or SAS 6/iR controller cards connected
to more than 2 disks, Systems Build and Update Utility supports only
Advanced RAID Configuration. In Advanced mode, it is mandatory that
user select disk with lowest drive ID for RAID configuration.
* When you use Systems Build and Update Utility with a
keyboard-video-monitor (KVM) switch, the GUI may not display due to
incompatibility with the Server Interface PODs (SIPs) used. To view
the GUI, connect your monitor directly to your system or change the
SIP.
* The "View Hardware" option in Systems Build and Update Utility
lists the L2 cache size as 4 MB for 5300-series processors running on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 operating system; however, the
"BIOS SETUP" option lists the L2 cache size as 8 MB.
This is because Linux "reads" a 5300-series processor in terms of
per-logical-CPU-thread. Hence, each logical thread (each set) would
still have access to only 4 MB cache, and so it is reported as such
by the "View Hardware" option.
The "BIOS SETUP" option "reads" the 5300-series processor as a
two-set package, each with a 4 MB L2 cache. In each set, the two
cores share the 4 MB cache. Hence, this option reports a total L2
cache size of 8 MB.
Therefore, the different L2 cache sizes listed are due to different
cache size reporting mechanisms, and not an error by the operating
system.
* To ensure the successful installation of an Operating System using
Server OS Installation, disable the DRAC Virtual Flash.
* When you are using the Server Operating System Installation module
in Systems Build and Update Utility to install an operating system,
the installation may fail if an external storage device is connected
to your system. Ensure that you disconnect the external storage
device before you begin installing the operating system.
* The Edit option shown on the SBUU homepage after Hardware
Configuration section is configured, will allow the user only to view
all the created Virtual Disks and user is allowed to add or remove
Virtual Disks. User will not be allowed to edit the settings of
already configured Virtual Disk.