To Verify That the Oracle Solaris Label of a 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 a 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 on the system 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 a disk drive that is attached to the newly installed HBA card, 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]

If you see a Disk not labeled. Label it now? message, type y to label the selected disk.

Type q twice to exit the utility.

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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