Summary of How Different Types of Back Ends Are Exported

Table 11-1 Summary of How Different Types of Back Ends Are Exported

Back End No Slice Option Slice Option Set

Disk (disk slice 2)

Full diskFoot 1

Single-slice diskFoot 2

Disk slice (not slice 2)

Single-slice diskFoot 3

Single-slice disk

File

Full disk

Single-slice disk

Volume, including ZFS, Solaris Volume Manager, or VxVM

Full disk

Single-slice disk

Footnote 1

Export the entire disk.

Footnote 2

Export only slice 2

Footnote 3

A slice is always exported as a single-slice disk.