SCSA10-1 Objective 2.4 - Solaris disk partitioning/labeling/EFI
Solaris disks are partitioned into slices before they have a filesystem created on them. The partition table is represented in a disk’s label. There are several utilities for managing partition tables and labels which are covered in this objective:
Given a scenario, partition a disk correctly using the appropriate files, commands, and options, and manage disk labels using SMI and EFI labels as they relate to disk sets.
The bread and butter command for disk partitioning is format which has been previously discussed in reference to viewing partition tables.
The Extensible Firmware Interface GUID Partition Table (EFI GPT) disk label is new in Solaris 10 and supports filesystems greater than a terabyte in size. What you need to know about this new disk label technology and everything else in this objective is available from Sun’s documentation website.