If your storage system is configured to use hardware-based disk ownership, disk ownership is determined by your hardware configuration. You do not need to assign disk ownership.
Hardware-based disk ownership is determined by two conditions: how a storage system is configured and how the disk shelves are attached to it:
- If the storage system is a stand-alone system, it owns all of the disks directly attached to it.
- If the storage system is part of an active/active configuration, the local node owns all direct-attached disks connected to the local node on the A channel (the loop or stack attached to the A module on the disk shelf) and its partner owns the disks connected to the local node on the B channel.
Note: The storage system is considered to be part of an active/active configuration if one or more of the following conditions applies:
- An InterConnect card is installed in the system
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- The system has a partner-sysid environment variable.
- The system has the cluster license installed and enabled.
Fabric-attached MetroClusters can use either hardware-based or software-based disk ownership, depending on their hardware configuration. When they use hardware-based disk ownership, the rules for determining disk ownership are different from the rules in a standard active/active configuration. For more information, see the Active/Active Configuration Guide.
