System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Where to Find Disk Management Tasks

Use these references to find step-by-step instructions for managing disks.

Disk Management Task 

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Format a disk and examine a disk label. 

Chapter 11, Administering Disks (Tasks)

Add a new disk to a SPARC system. 

Chapter 12, SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

Add a new disk to an x86 system. 

Chapter 13, x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

Hot-plug a SCSI or PCI disk. 

Chapter 6, Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)