SNFS

DISK section - Identifies the disk type to be assigned to a disk drive that is labeled and available for StorNext FS. A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors. The following parts comprise a disk definition:

The required keyword Disk preceded by the open bracket symbol ( [ ) and followed by the closed bracket symbol ( ] ). The name of the disk must match the label name of the drive as displayed by the cvlabel -1command, and the sectors must match the Sectors value defined in DiskType. This is how the label names of the Fibre Channel disks are associated with a StorNext FS.

On the next line, the words Status UP

On the next line, the required keyword Type and the name of the disk type assigned to the disk definition.

For example:

[Disk CvfsDisk12]

Status UP

Type ST1917FS

STRIPEGROUP DEFINITION section - Describes a group of disks that comprise a stripe group. One or more stripe groups describe the entire file system. A stripe group is the smallest entity that can be manipulated by a system administrator using the File System Administration utility (cvadmin).

NOTE

All disks defined in any given stripe group must have the same sector size and

 

number of sectors, as listed in the DiskType section.

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ADIC 2.2 manual Disk CvfsDisk12 Status UP Type ST1917FS