Sun Microsystems StorEdge D2, Installation, Operation And Service Manual

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2-8 Sun StorEdge D2 Array Installation, Operation, and Service Manual • February 2002
8. If you powered off the connected host as described in Step 9a under “To Do
Before You Begin” on page 2-2, power the host on again.
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To Configure the Array on the Host
1. Log into the connected host as root, entering the root password when prompted.
2. Use the
devfsadm
command to add new device entries in the
/dev/dsk
directory
for the new disk drives:
See the
devfsadm
(1M) man page.
3. Use the
format
command to check the disks and to label and partition them as
required.
See the
format
(1M) man page for more information.
a. Enter the
format
command and check that all the disk drives in the new array
are recognized by the host.
CODE EXAMPLE 2-1
shows an example of output from the
format
(1) command
when a Sun StorEdge D2 array is in split-bus mode (with two ESMs). The six
disks associated with each ESM are identified as
t8
through
t13
. If needed, see
“Device Naming Conventions” on page 4-4.
# devfsadm