Managing HP Serviceguard for Linux, Eighth Edition, March 2008

Building an HA Cluster Configuration
Preparing Your Systems
Chapter 5162
The following example of the fdisk dialog describes that the disk on
the device file /dev/sdc is set to Smart Array type partition, and
appears as follows:
fdisk /dev/sdc1
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-4): 1
HEX code (type L to list codes): 8e
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 4067 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 4067 4164592 8e Linux LVM
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
3. Repeat this process for each device file that you will use for shared
storage.
fdisk /dev/sdd
fdisk /dev/sdf
fdisk /dev/sdg
4. If you will be creating volume groups for internal storage, make sure
to create those partitions as well, and create those volume groups
before you define the shared storage.
fdisk /dev/sddb
3. Hex code (L to list codes): 8e Set partition to type to Linux
LVM
Command (m for help):
p Display partition data
Command (m for help):
w Write data to the partition
table
Prompt Response Action Performed