12 | Replacing 1U xx80 Components
Replacing disk drives
2. Facing the back of the appliance, remove the screw on the right side and loosen the screw on the
rear of the appliance. See
, letter A.
Figure 1-3. Removing the cover
3. Place your thumbs on the recessed tabs (see
, letter B), and slide the cover straight back
and up.
Replacing disk drives
This section describes how to replace the hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs) in the 1U
CX 3080 and SteelCentral xx80 appliances. It includes these sections:
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“Replacing the HDDs in 1U CX 3080 appliances” on page 13
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“Replacing the HDDs in 1U SteelCentral xx80 appliances” on page 14
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“Replacing the SSDs in 1U CX 3080 appliances” on page 15
Before you begin
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When replacing a drive, replace only one drive at a time. You must use approved disk drives. To
order disk drives, contact Riverbed Support at https://support.riverbed.com.
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If you need to replace an appliance, you can’t move the disks to preserve your data. Each disk is
encoded with machine-level information and moving disks isn’t supported.
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When you replace disk drives, you must wear a grounded ESD antistatic strap to protect the
hardware against electrostatic discharge. Make sure that the strap makes skin contact prior to
handling equipment.
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Always install the hard disk drive to the chassis after the chassis has been secured on the rack.
