Chapter 12: Disk Configuration and Naming

In this chapter, you will

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  Gain an understanding of Solaris physical device names



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  Gain an understanding of Solaris logical device names



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  Learn how to use the format and dmesg commands to review system hardware



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  Learn to display the system configuration with the prtconf command

Configuring and naming disks is a key administrative task. Solaris provides a number of complementary schemes for naming disks, file systems, slices, and partitions, which we examine in this chapter.