1-8 Introduction 
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Configuration Guide for SGI
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 IRIX
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Host Attachment 
Table 1-3  Volume Usage for Device Categories 
Category  Device Type  Volume 
Usage  
SCSI Disk 
OPEN-x, OPEN-x VLL, OPEN-x*n LUSE, OPEN-x*n VLL 
LUSE  
(SCSI disk devices can also be used as raw devices. For 
example, some database applications use raw devices. 
File System* 
FX 
3390-3A/B/C 
3390-3A/B/C VLL  
OPEN-x for FXoto, OPEN-x VLL for FXoto 
Raw Device 
* The SCSI disk devices can also be used as raw devices (e.g., some database 
applications use raw devices). 
   
 
Note 3: The BIOS or HBA can sometimes change the device capacity. These 
device capacities are calculated based on 1 MB = 1024
2
 bytes rather than 
1000
2
 bytes. 
 
   
 
Note 4: The number of blocks for a Virtual LVI/LUN volume is calculated as 
follows: 
# of blocks = (# of data cylinders) × (# of heads) × (# of sectors per 
track) 
(The number of sectors per track is 128 for OPEN-V and 96 for the other 
emulation types.) 
Example: For an OPEN-3 VLL volume with capacity = 37 MB: 
# of blocks = (53 cylinders – see Note 3) × (15 heads) × (96 sectors 
per track) = 76320