The string that you use to identify a specific slice on a specific disk depends on the controller type, either direct or bus-oriented. The following table describes the different types of direct or bus-oriented controllers on different platforms.
Table 9–2 Controller Types
Direct controllers |
Bus-Oriented Controllers |
---|---|
IDE (x86) |
SCSI (SPARC/x86) |
|
FCAL (SPARC) |
|
ATA (SPARC/x86) |
The conventions for both types of controllers are explained in the following subsections.
Controller numbers are assigned automatically at system initialization. The numbers are strictly logical and imply no direct mapping to physical controllers.