A group of physical slices that are accessed as a single logical device by concatenation, striping, mirroring, setup RAID5 volumes, or logging physical devices. After they are created, volumes are used like slices. The volume maps logical block address to the correct location on one of the physical devices. The type of mapping depends on the configuration of the particular volume.

Also known as pseudo device or virtual device in standard UNIX terms.

A program that provides a mechanism to administer and obtain access to the data on CD-ROMs and diskettes.

A Solaris installation feature that enables you to create an archive of the files on a system, known as the master system. You can then use the archive to install other systems, making the other systems identical in their configuration to the master system.