Installing and Removing a CF Card
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Figure 6-6
Installing a CF Card
To remove a CF card, perform the following steps:
1. Prepare the CF card for removal: enter the following command in exec mode:
unmount /md
2. If you are removing the CF card in an XCRP4 Controller card, perform the following steps:
a. Open the door that covers the CF Type 1 slot until it “snaps” open. This action begins unmounting
the file system on the CF card. The CF Active LED blinks during the unmounting process.
b. Wait until the CF Active LED stops blinking. It is now safe to remove the CF card.
3. If you are removing the CF card in an XCRP4 Controller card, press the ejection button that is inside
the CF slot (see Figure 6-7) twice (first to cause the button to protrude from within its recess and second
to disengage the CF card from its connectors.
Caution
Risk of equipment failure. Removing the CF card without first entering the
unmount /md
command (in exec mode) can permanently damage the CF card and cause the kernel to crash.
To reduce the risk, always enter the unmount /md command before removing a CF card.
Caution
Risk of data loss. You can lose data that is being transferred to the CF card if you enter the
unmount /md
command (in exec mode) before the data transfer operation is complete. To
reduce the risk, do not enter the
unmount /md
command while the CF ACTIVE LED is
blinking. When the operation is complete, the LED is turned off.
Note
If the system cannot successfully unmount the file system on the CF card, the CF Active LED
stops blinking and is unlit. You must enter the
unmount
command (in exec mode) to unmount
the file system on the card.
For more information about the
unmount
command, see the “Hardware Operations” chapter
in the
Ports, Circuits, and Tunnels Operations Guide
for the SmartEdge OS.
