Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 594 and 694 Installation Manual page 41

Chapter 4 Installing Hardware Options for the WAVE-594 and WAVE-694
The WAVE-594 supports both Solid State Drives and Hard Disk Drives. You cannot mix HDD and SSD
Note
in the same chasis.
For details about the WAVE-594 appliance specifications, see
Hard drives are hot-swappable therefore it is not necessary to power the system down before installing
or replacing.
When removing hard drives from the WAVE appliance, observe the following general guidelines:
The system automatically sets all drive numbers.
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Drives must be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
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grouped together into the same drive array.
Note All hard disk drives being used in the appliance must be identical.
To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the appliance for more than 1 minute without either
Caution
a hard disk drive or a filler panel installed in each bay.
To replace a hard disk drive in a bay, follow these steps:
Review the information in the
Step 1
Guidelines" section on page
Press the button and swing the handle out. (See
Step 2
Note
Figure 4-2
After waiting 5 seconds, pull the handle to remove the drive assembly from the bay.
Step 3
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"Safety Warnings and Cautions" section on page 2-1
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Wait 5 seconds before removing to let the disk spin down.
Removing a Hard Disk Drive
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Replacing a Hard Disk Drive/Solid State Drive
Appendix A, "Appliance
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Specifications".
and the "Safety
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