Sun Cluster 3.1 Concepts Guide

Local and Global Namespaces Example

The following table shows the mappings between the local and global namespaces for a multihost disk, c0t0d0s0.

Table 3–2 Local and Global Namespaces Mappings

Component/Path 

Local Node Namespace 

Global Namespace 

Solaris logical name 

/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0

/global/.devices/node@nodeID/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0

DID name 

/dev/did/dsk/d0s0

/global/.devices/node@nodeID/dev/did/dsk/d0s0

Solaris Volume Manager 

/dev/md/diskset/dsk/d0

/global/.devices/node@nodeID/dev/md/diskset/dsk/d0

VERITAS Volume Manager 

/dev/vx/dsk/disk-group/v0

/global/.devices/node@nodeID/dev/vx/dsk/disk-group/v0

The global namespace is automatically generated on installation and updated with every reconfiguration reboot. You can also generate the global namespace by running the scgdevs(1M) command.