1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
What's New in Disk Management?
Two-Terabyte Disk Support for Installing and Booting the Solaris OS
iSNS Support in the Solaris iSCSI Target and Initiator
Solaris iSCSI Initiator Support
Solaris iSCSI Initiator Support Enhancements
x86: Disk Management in the GRUB Boot Environment
Support for SCSI Disks That are Larger Than 2 Terabytes
Where to Find Disk Management Tasks
Comparison of the EFI Label and the VTOC Label
Restrictions of the EFI Disk Label
Support for EFI-Labeled Disks on x86 Systems
Installing a System With an EFI-Labeled Disk
Managing Disks With EFI Disks Labels
Troubleshooting Problems With EFI Disk Labels
Slice Arrangements on Multiple Disks
Determining Which Slices to Use
When to Use the format Utility
Guidelines for Using the format Utility
Displaying Partition Table Information
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. The format Utility (Reference)
16. Managing File Systems (Overview)
17. Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
18. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
19. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
20. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
21. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
22. UFS File System (Reference)
23. Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)
24. Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
25. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
26. Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
27. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
28. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
This chapter provides overview information about Oracle Solaris disk slices and introduces the format utility.
This is a list of overview information in this chapter.
For instructions on how to add a disk to your system, see Chapter 12, SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks) or Chapter 13, x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks).