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Sun Open Telecommunications Platform 1.1 Installation and Administration Guide

ProcedureTo Label All the Disks Available in the New OTP Host

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.

  1. Log in as root (su - root) to the server.

  2. 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):

  3. 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?

  4. Enter y.

    Note –

    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>

  5. 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]:
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