The Open Telecommunications Platform requires all the available disks to be labeled prior to the Sun OTP deployment. The boot disk is already labeled and should be excluded from the procedure. For all the remaining disks, perform the following steps.
Log in as root (su - root) to the server.
Start the format utility. The output similar to the following will be displayed:
# format
Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1/sd@0,0 1. c1t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1/sd@1,0 2. c2t8d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@8,0 3. c2t9d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@9,0 4. c2t10d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@a,0 5. c2t11d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@b,0 Specify disk (enter its number): |
Select the disk that needs to be labeled by entering its number:
Specify disk (enter its number): 3 selecting c2t9d0 [disk formatted] Disk not labeled. Label it now? |
Enter y.
If there is no “Disk not labeled. Label it now?” prompt, it means that the disk was previously labeled and no further action is required for it. Go to step 5
Disk not labeled. Label it now? y 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 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 volname - set 8-character volume name !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return quit format> |
To label another disk enter disk and repeat steps 3 and 4. If all disks are already labeled then type quit to close the format utility.
format> disk |
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1/sd@0,0 1. c1t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1/sd@1,0 2. c2t8d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@8,0 3. c2t9d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@9,0 4. c2t10d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@a,0 5. c2t11d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2/sd@b,0 Specify disk (enter its number)[3]: |
Ensure that each OTP system server and storage device meets the firmware versions requirements listed in OTP System Hardware and Firmware Requirements. If necessary, update the server and storage firmware as directed by the hardware documentation.
If one or more of your OTP system servers is a Sun Fire T2000 server, you must install the e1000g transition patches 118833-24 and 123334-04 on each Sun Fire T2000 as described in the next section before installing the Open Telecommunications Platform.
If your clustered OTP systems do not include any Sun Fire T2000 servers, go to Creating the /globaldevices File System on the OTP Hosts.