
192 Linux for IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries
6.4.2 Preparing PAV devices in Linux
When attached to the Linux guest and brought online, the PAV device nodes
should be created automatically. The base and alias devices address the same
physical disk. Therefore, the volume can be formatted and partitioned using
either the base or alias device. In Figure 6-3, we bring the PAV devices online
and check their status using the lsdasd command.
Figure 6-3 Setting the PAV devices online
The lscss command shows the subchannels used to the devices. These
subchannels share the physical channels 88, 89, 8C and 8D (Example 6-4):
Example 6-4 Using the lscss command ...