To Verify That the Label of a Logical Drive Is Valid

Note - For your reference, this section provides an example procedure for a SPARC system that runs the Oracle Solaris OS. For an x86 system that runs the supported OS, you would use the fdisk command for that OS to verify the label of a disk. For more information about labeling disks using the fdisk command, see the documentation for your OS.

Become a root user and issue the format command.

# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
	0. c1t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24611 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,10@4/sd@0,0
	1. c1t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24810 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,10@4/sd@1,0
	2. c3t8d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@8,0
	3. c3t9d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@9,0
	4. c3t10d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@a,0
	5. c3t11d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@b,0
	6. c3t12d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@c,0
	7. c3t13d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@d,0
Specify disk (enter its number):

When prompted, type the number of the disk drive that is attached to the HBA card you just installed, and press Enter.

The Format menu is displayed.

# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
	0. c1t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24611 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,10@4/sd@0,0
	1. c1t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24810 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,10@4/sd@1,0
	2. c3t8d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@8,0
	3. c3t9d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@9,0
	4. c3t10d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@a,0
	5. c3t11d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@b,0
	6. c3t12d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@c,0
	7. c3t13d0 <DEFAULT cyl 24619 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
		/pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@b/pci1000,10c0@1,1/sd@d,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
selecting c3t8d0
[disk formatted]

Type q at the two prompts to quit the test and the Format menu.

analyze> q
FORMAT MENU:
	 disk	 - select a disk
	 type	 - select (define) a disk type
	 partition	 - select (define) a partition table
	 current	 - describe the current disk
	 format	 - format and analyze the disk
	 fdisk	 - run the fdisk program
	 repair	 - repair a defective sector
	 label	 - write label to the disk
	 analyze	 - surface analysis
	 defect	 - defect list management
	 backup	 - search for backup labels
	 verify	 - read and display labels
	 save	 - save new disk/partition definitions
	 inquiry	 - show vendor, product and revision
	 scsi	 - independent SCSI mode selects
	 cache	 - enable, disable or query SCSI disk cache
	 volname	 - set 8-character volume name
	 !<cmd>	 - execute <cmd>, then return
	 quit
format> q
#

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