Difference between lun_id and unique_id


 
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Old 04-20-2013
IBM Difference between lun_id and unique_id

Hi,

Anyone please clarify, what is the difference between lun_id and unique_id in the
Code:
$lsattr -El hdiskxx

output

Regards,
Siva

Last edited by Scrutinizer; 04-20-2013 at 11:46 AM.. Reason: code tags
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Old 04-25-2013
When my SAN admin creates disk for me I always identify disk by unique_id - unique_id identifies disk not only in AIX but in your storage management system also(left part of unique_id). At least at IBM storage systems we use.
I'm not sure about lun_id - it could be just disk sequence number.

Last edited by vilius; 04-25-2013 at 06:31 PM..
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