How To Configure Hardware Mirroring on Sun T2000

How To Configure Hardware Mirroring on Sun T2000

You need a boot server or boot of a CDrom

boot net -s

After the client has booted, run the following command:

bash; export NOINUSE_CHECK=1

Run the following command to create the RAID volumes:

raidctl -c c0t0d0 c0t1d0

Answer “yes” to the prompt.

Wait for the disks to complete syncing. To verify success, the raidctl command with no options should return the following:

# raidctl
RAID Volume RAID RAID Disk
Volume Type Status Disk Status
——————————————————
c0t0d0 IM OK c0t0d0 OK
c0t1d0 OK

Using the format utility, select the volume, define the type as ⮮Auto configure⮝, and label the volume as follows:

# format
Searching for disks…done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0
/pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0/sd@0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c0t0d0
[disk formatted]

FORMAT MENU:
disk – select a disk
type – select (define) a disk type
partition – select (define) a partition table
current – describe the current disk
format – format and analyze the disk
repair – repair a defective sector
label – write label to the disk
analyze – surface analysis
defect – defect list management
backup – search for backup labels
verify – read and display labels
save – save new disk/partition definitions
inquiry – show vendor, product and revision
volname – set 8-character volume name
! – execute , then return
quit
format> type

AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES:
0. Auto configure
1. Quantum ProDrive 80S
2. Quantum ProDrive 105S
3. CDC Wren IV 94171-344
4. SUN0104
5. SUN0207
6. SUN0327
7. SUN0340
8. SUN0424
9. SUN0535
10. SUN0669
11. SUN1.0G
12. SUN1.05
13. SUN1.3G
14. SUN2.1G
15. SUN2.9G
16. Zip 100
17. Zip 250
18. Peerless 10GB
19. SUN72G
20. other
Specify disk type (enter its number)[19]: 0
c0t0d0: configured with capacity of 68.00GB

selecting c0t0d0
[disk formatted]
format> label
Ready to label disk, continue? y

format> quit
#

Now build the server