F5 BIG-IP 8950, Platform Manual

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About the hard drives
The BIG-IP
®
8950 platform has two hot swappable hard drives. You can change or replace the hard drives
as part of routine maintenance of the unit or in the event of a drive failure.
About hard drive replacement on an 8950 platform
The 8950 platform supports hard drive mirroring using RAID. You can install the replacement hard drive
that you received from F5 Networks to the system.
Figure 10: The front of a platform with front bezel removed and the orientation of the hard
drive bays
1. Hard drive bay 1
2. Hard drive bay 2
Figure 11: An example of a hard drive shown partially removed from the system
Identifying the faulty hard disk drive
Before you remove the hard disk drive from the system, you should first identify the faulty hard disk drive.
1. Log on to the command line of the system using the root account.
2. Type the following command to see the status of the drives:
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