The local device storage URI type describes a storage device by its local device path. The path must refer to a device in the /dev name space. These devices are usually direct-attached storage (DAS) resources that are unique to a particular system, and their device name and path are generally not portable. However, they can also refer to shared storage resources for technologies that already provide a unified name space under /dev across multiple nodes.
The following is a list of URI syntax.
dev:local-path-under-/dev
dev:///path-with-dev
dev:absolute-path-with-dev
Examples of the use of the URI syntax are as follows:
dev:dsk/c0t0d0s0
dev:///dev/dsk/c0t0d0
dev:/dev/dsk/c0t0d0
dev:chassis/SYS/HD1/disk
dev:dsk/c0t60A98000564C303132302D6F72613939d0
The local device storage URI can refer to an entire disk or to a particular slice or partition. However, the use of slices or partitions is generally not recommended with ZFS storage pools.