Slice Information Window (Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 Reference Guide)

Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 Reference Guide

The Slice Information window, shown in Figure 4-10, displays information about a specific slice. There are three ways to display this window:

Select a slice on the Disk Information window by pointing to it and pressing the SELECT button. Then click the Slice Information button.
Point to a slice of a disk that is displayed on the Disk View window's canvas. Press and hold down the MENU button to display the pop-up menu for the slice then select the Info option.
Point to a slice inside any metadevice displayed on the Metadevice Editor's canvas. Press and hold down the MENU button to display the pop-up menu for the slice then select the Info option.

Table 4-5 explains the Slice Information window.

Table 4-5 Slice Information Window Functionality


Field	Functions
Device name	The device name, for example, `c1t1d0s2`.
Status	The status is reported as OK, Resyncing, Enabled, Critical, Spared, Urgent, or Attention.
Size	The total size of the slice.
Start block	The block on which the slice begins. If the slice has a label, there will be additional information about the label in this field.
End block	The block on which the slice ends.
Use	The current use of the slice, for example, file system or `swap`. If the use is hot spare, a Show Hot Spare Pools button is available on the right side of the Use field. This button opens a dialog that shows a list of Hot Spare Pools with which the slice is associated.
Number of Replicas	The number of replicas, if any, contained in the slice.
Enable	This button enables the slice. The button is available only if the data on the slice is replicated in a mirror or RAID5 metadevice, or if the slice is used as a hot spare that is currently "broken."
Disk Information	Opens the Disk Information window.
Device Mappings	Displays the Physical to Logical Device Mappings window. (The Physical to Logical Device Mappings window is not dynamically updated when new mappings are created.)