AX100-Series - Installing a Fibre Channel Storage System with a Direct Connection to a Solaris Server
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Preparing Virtual Disks to Receive Data
Preparing Virtual Disks to Receive Data
Read this section for all configurations.
Before a virtual disk can receive data, you must partition the virtual
disk and then create and mount a file system on it.
Partition a Virtual Disk
For each virtual disk:
1. On the server assigned to the virtual disk, enter
format
<
disk_name>
where <
disk_name>
is the virtual disk device name.
Example:
format c2t0d2
If you do not know the disk name, enter
format
, and from the
Available Disk Selections
menu, select the disk number.
2. If you are prompted to label the disk, enter
y
for yes.
3. From the main
Format
menu, enter
partition
and press Enter to
modify the partition.
4. From the main
Partition
menu, enter l
abel
and press Enter to
label the disk.
5. Enter
q
to exit the partition menu.
6. From the main F
ormat
menu, enter
verify
to verify the partition.
Create and Mount a File System
To make the partition usable, you must create a file system in the
partition.
1. Create a file system:
newfs /dev/rdsk/<
disk_name><
p
artition_number>
where
<disk_name>
is the virtual disk device name
<partition_number>
is the partition number.
Example:
newfs /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s0
