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 the root user on the system and issue the format command.

# format
Searching for disks...done
c5t5000C5000B304CAFd0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000C5000B305B4Fd0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000CCA0002CF034d0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000CCA000310014d0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c5t5000C5000B304CAFd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000b304caf 
1. c5t5000C5000B305B4Fd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000b305b4f 
2. c5t5000CCA0002CF034d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca0002cf034 
3. c5t5000CCA000310014d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca000310014
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
c5t5000C5000B304CAFd0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000C5000B305B4Fd0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000CCA0002CF034d0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB 
c5t5000CCA000310014d0: configured with capacity of 136.71GB
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 
0. c5t5000C5000B304CAFd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000b304caf 
1. c5t5000C5000B305B4Fd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000b305b4f 
2. c5t5000CCA0002CF034d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca0002cf034 
3. c5t5000CCA000310014d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> 
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca000310014
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 
Specify disk (enter its number): 2
selecting c5t5000CCA0002CF034d0
[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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To Verify That the Oracle Solaris Label of a Drive is Valid