format and LUN > 2Tb

From: Frederic Roussel (froussel_at_obs.ujf-grenoble.fr)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:17:50 +0200

Hi,

   I've got a sun v40z with a storedge 3511 and i create a logical
device (with raid 5) which is > 2 Tb

However format give me an error message for the new LUN

# format
Searching for disks...
The capacity of this LUN is too large.
Reconfigure this LUN so that it is < 2TB.
done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
        0. c1t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 49779 alt 2 hd 4 sec 720>
           /pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,20@4/sd@0,0
        1. c1t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 49779 alt 2 hd 4 sec 720>
           /pci@0,0/pci1022,7450@a/pci17c2,20@4/sd@1,0
        2. c4t600C0FF00000000000857A4E22B41A00d0 <drive type unknown>
           /scsi_vhci/disk@g600c0ff00000000000857a4e22b41a00

Have you an idea ?

best regards.

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