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Changing device naming for TPD-controlled enclosures


  Note   The feature to change device naming is available only if the default disk-naming scheme is set to use operating system-based naming, and the TPD-controlled enclosure does not contain fabric disks.


 To change device naming for TPD-controlled enclosures

# vxdisk list

DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS

emcpower10 auto:sliced disk1 mydg online

emcpower11 auto:sliced disk2 mydg online

emcpower12 auto:sliced disk3 mydg online

emcpower13 auto:sliced disk4 mydg online

emcpower14 auto:sliced disk5 mydg online

emcpower15 auto:sliced disk6 mydg online

emcpower16 auto:sliced disk7 mydg online

emcpower17 auto:sliced disk8 mydg online

emcpower18 auto:sliced disk9 mydg online

emcpower19 auto:sliced disk10 mydg online

# vxdmpadm setattr enclosure EMC0 tpdmode=native

# vxdisk list

DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS

sdj auto:sliced disk1 mydg online

sdk auto:sliced disk2 mydg online

sdl auto:sliced disk3 mydg online

sdm auto:sliced disk4 mydg online

sdn auto:sliced disk5 mydg online

sdo auto:sliced disk6 mydg online

sdp auto:sliced disk7 mydg online

sdq auto:sliced disk8 mydg online

sdr auto:sliced disk9 mydg online

sds auto:sliced disk10 mydg online

If tpdmode is set to native, the path with the smallest device number is displayed.