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P Arumugavel
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Vdisk and LUN

Hi Gurus, I m a novice on this topic. Pls help.
What is the difference between Vdisk and LUN? How will come to know that which physical disks are presents in a perticular LUN?
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Suraj K Sankari
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

SoorajCleris
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

Hi ,

vdisk is a term used for LUN in EVA.

LUN - is a storage volume which is presented to any OS from any storage.

LUN = logical unit Number.


When we check from OS side, the assigned LUNS will show as physical volumes connected to the server.

If you want to see which disk is part of which LUN, you need to have storage access. A storage administrator can tell that. Normally the LUN will be a RAID volume which is created with a number of disks.

If you are using EVA, from CM EVA you can see that.

Regards,
Sooraj
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P Arumugavel
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

OK. Thanks... What is wwid?
Suraj K Sankari
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

Hi,
>>What is wwid?

Is it means WWN no?

Suraj
P Arumugavel
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

Yes, WWN...
P Muralidhar Kini
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Re: Vdisk and LUN

Hi,

WWN -> World Wide Name
WWID -> World Wide Identifier

These are nothing but a unique ID's associated with your FC/SAS... targets.

Each WWN is an 8-byte number derived from an IEEE OUI (for the first 3 bytes)
and vendor-supplied information. The 64-bit address assigned to a Host
Adapter Bus (HBA) in a Fibre Channel network. Assigned by the vendor at the
time of manufacture, it is similar to the MAC address in an Ethernet network.

Related Links -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Name
http://www.topbits.com/world-wide-name-wwn.html

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Murali
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