The reason is luks-volume contains LUKS header in the device, it costs 2M (512bytes * 4096sectors).
[root@localhost ~]# cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/crypt-scsi-36001405eb821aa8e66e44ecbfec83dfa /dev/mapper/crypt-scsi-36001405eb821aa8e66e44ecbfec83dfa is active and is in use. type: LUKS1 cipher: aes-xts-plain64 keysize: 512 bits key location: dm-crypt device: /dev/sde sector size: 512 offset: 4096 sectors size: 2093056 sectors mode: read/write
[root@localhost ~]# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sde LUKS header information for /dev/sde
Version: 1 Cipher name: aes Cipher mode: xts-plain64 Hash spec: sha256 Payload offset: 4096 MK bits: 512 MK digest: 5d 6a d7 86 41 d0 f4 0a dd 55 c7 c6 ff f5 ed 63 76 e9 61 fd MK salt: 77 c2 88 b6 a0 7e cb 18 f2 79 63 09 19 14 dc 76 40 8b 0f d5 eb aa 0d ef ba 85 e3 58 75 48 bc df MK iterations: 15784 UUID: 83431299-e4c5-4999-b007-973425725ace
Key Slot 0: ENABLED Iterations: 279470 Salt: 8e 57 e5 c6 d2 65 d2 da 94 bb cb a7 65 e3 2c 6d d1 46 7d 30 0e 1f d1 33 89 39 f9 97 30 54 aa 17 Key material offset: 8 AF stripes: 4000 Key Slot 1: DISABLED Key Slot 2: DISABLED Key Slot 3: DISABLED Key Slot 4: DISABLED Key Slot 5: DISABLED Key Slot 6: DISABLED Key Slot 7: DISABLED
The reason is luks-volume contains LUKS header in the device, it costs 2M (512bytes * 4096sectors).
[root@localhost ~]# cryptsetup status /dev/mapper/ crypt-scsi- 36001405eb821aa 8e66e44ecbfec83 dfa crypt-scsi- 36001405eb821aa 8e66e44ecbfec83 dfa is active and is in use.
/dev/mapper/
type: LUKS1
cipher: aes-xts-plain64
keysize: 512 bits
key location: dm-crypt
device: /dev/sde
sector size: 512
offset: 4096 sectors
size: 2093056 sectors
mode: read/write
[root@localhost ~]# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sde
LUKS header information for /dev/sde
Version: 1 e4c5-4999- b007-973425725a ce
Cipher name: aes
Cipher mode: xts-plain64
Hash spec: sha256
Payload offset: 4096
MK bits: 512
MK digest: 5d 6a d7 86 41 d0 f4 0a dd 55 c7 c6 ff f5 ed 63 76 e9 61 fd
MK salt: 77 c2 88 b6 a0 7e cb 18 f2 79 63 09 19 14 dc 76
40 8b 0f d5 eb aa 0d ef ba 85 e3 58 75 48 bc df
MK iterations: 15784
UUID: 83431299-
Key Slot 0: ENABLED
d1 46 7d 30 0e 1f d1 33 89 39 f9 97 30 54 aa 17
Iterations: 279470
Salt: 8e 57 e5 c6 d2 65 d2 da 94 bb cb a7 65 e3 2c 6d
Key material offset: 8
AF stripes: 4000
Key Slot 1: DISABLED
Key Slot 2: DISABLED
Key Slot 3: DISABLED
Key Slot 4: DISABLED
Key Slot 5: DISABLED
Key Slot 6: DISABLED
Key Slot 7: DISABLED