document updated 13 years ago, on Nov 17, 2010
c#t#d#s#
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/806-4073/6jd67r9fj?a=view
http://www.hoopoes.com/cs/sunnotes.shtml
http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=573
C0 = controller 0 logical controller number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_adapter
T0 = target 0 physical bus target number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI_initiator_and_target
D0 = LUN 0 drive number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Unit_Number
S0 = slice 0 slice number (0 to 7) or fdisk partition number (0 to 4)
when googling for this, search for "CxTxDxSx"
WWN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Name
- uniquely identifies the root disk
- it's written on the outside of the physical drive itself, on the label
/dev/dsk/ vs /dev/rdsk/
- these are two different ways to access the same device
- /dev/dsk/ accesses them block-by-block, /dev/rdsk/ accesses them bit-by-bit
- you want to use different ones for different commands
fsck /dev/rdsk/
mount /dev/dsk/