These are the steps I took to turn SCSI RAID disks into a usable DFS aggregate. Basically, there's 4 steps. 1) Create the RAID Array. This creates an hdisk. 2) Create a Volume Group on that hdisk. 3) Create a Logical Volume on that Volume Group. 4) Run the newaggr command to make it usable to DFS. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 1) Create the RAID Array. This creates an hdisk. From smitty, ->Devices ->Disk Array ->IBM 2493 PCI SCSI Disk Array ->PCI SCSI Disk Array Manager ->Create a PCI SCSI Disk Array -Select the PCI SCSI RAID Adapter you want. -Answer RAID Level 5 -Insure all the disks you want are there. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 2) Create a Volume Group on that hdisk. From smitty, ->System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage) ->Logical Volume Manager ->Volume Groups ->Add a Volume Group -VOLUME GROUP name = scsi0vg -Physical partition SIZE in megabytes = 32 -PHYSICAL VOLUME names = hdisk4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 3) Create a Logical Volume on that Volume Group. From smitty, ->System Storage Management (Physical & Logical Storage) ->Logical Volume Manager ->Logical Volumes ->Add a Logical Volume -VOLUME GROUP name = scsi0vg Then -Logical volume NAME = scsi0lv -Number of LOGICAL PARTITIONS = (whatever lsvg scsi0vg says is free) (remember, this is 32MB PP's) -Logical volume TYPE = jfs (perhaps should be lfs) -MAXIMUM NUMBER of LOGICAL PARTITIONS = (likely have to increase ) (from default of 512, to ) (accomodate # of LP's above) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Step 4) Run the newaggr command to make it usable to DFS. From smitty, ->Communications Applications and Services ->DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) ->DFS (Distributed File Service) Administration ->Add / Delete LFS Aggregates and Filesets If this option isn't on your smitty screen, then you need to install the dce.compat.edfs.smit fileset. ->Export an Aggregate from the Local Machine -Answer "2 yes" to INITIALIZE device for LFS? Then -DEVICE to export as aggregate = /dev/scsi0lv -Aggregate NAME = scsi0