Chapter 6 Managing the File System
Performing File System Expansion
Figure 101 New Data Stripe
Group Screen
7Enter values for the New Stripe Group screen.
•Name field: The name of the stripe group.
•Select disks list: The disks available to assign to the stripe group. You must select at least one disk for each stripe group.
•Label Type: If you plan to create LUNs larger than 2TB, you must specify the EFI label type when configuring a file system.
VTOC labels were used for all operating systems in previous StorNext and Xsan releases, and are still required for the SGI IRIX operating system, Solaris releases prior to Solaris 10 Update 2, and LUNs less than 1TB.
EFI labels are required if you plan to create LUNs that are larger than 2TB. (For Solaris, EFI labels are also required for LUNs with a raw capacity greater than 1TB.) EFI labels will not work with the IRIX operating system.
The correct value is automatically selected on the New Stripe Groups screen, so you can accept the default value unless you have a reason to change the label type.
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