topic Lun Path in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Lun-Path/m-p/31415#M7442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Good question <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="cool" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.netapp.com/4.5.5/images/emoticons/cool.gif"></SPAN></P><P></P><P>In fact any path on a filer start with /vol/ - you can skip it though (in certain context) for volumes. So e.g. both vol1 &amp; /vol/vol1 may be used, giving the same result for many commands.</P><P></P><P>As LUN sits within the volume, we have a longer path, i.e. /vol/vol1/lun1</P><P></P><P>Why though? I reckon it's just UNIXe nature of ONTAP - there is a root of file system (/) &amp; all user data is in /vol/ folder.</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:55:01 GMT radek_kubka 2011-06-28T20:55:01Z Lun Path https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Lun-Path/m-p/31410#M7437 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P>why as a default the LUN path starts with /vol/ ,is there any specific reason for that?</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P><P>Saran</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:51:57 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Lun-Path/m-p/31410#M7437 saranraj456 2025-06-05T06:51:57Z Lun Path https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Lun-Path/m-p/31415#M7442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Good question <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="cool" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.netapp.com/4.5.5/images/emoticons/cool.gif"></SPAN></P><P></P><P>In fact any path on a filer start with /vol/ - you can skip it though (in certain context) for volumes. So e.g. both vol1 &amp; /vol/vol1 may be used, giving the same result for many commands.</P><P></P><P>As LUN sits within the volume, we have a longer path, i.e. /vol/vol1/lun1</P><P></P><P>Why though? I reckon it's just UNIXe nature of ONTAP - there is a root of file system (/) &amp; all user data is in /vol/ folder.</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:55:01 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/Lun-Path/m-p/31415#M7442 radek_kubka 2011-06-28T20:55:01Z