On FreeBSD, I avoid this issue completely by labelling either the entire disk
(via glabel(8)) or individual slices/partitions (via either glabel(8) or gpt
labels). Use the label name to build the vdevs. Then it doesn't matter where
the drive is connected, or how the device node is named/number
> I am curious how admins are dealing with controllers like the Dell Perc 5 and
> 6 that can > change the device name on a disk if a disk fails and the machine
> reboots. These
> controllers are not nicely behaved in that they happily fill in the device
> numbers for
> the physical drive th
I am curious how admins are dealing with controllers like the Dell Perc 5 and 6
that can change the device name on a disk if a disk fails and the machine
reboots. These controllers are not nicely behaved in that they happily fill
in the device numbers for the physical drive that is missing. I
