About Hard Disk Drive Replacement On A 10.0 Or 9.X System - F5 BIG-IP 8900 Platform Manual

About hard disk drive replacement on a 10.0 or 9.x system

After you receive a replacement hard disk drive (HDD) from F5
you can get the system up and running while you wait.
Figure 13: The front of a platform with front bezel removed and the orientation of the primary and
secondary hard disk drives
1. Primary hard disk drive
2. Secondary hard disk drive
Replacing a hard disk drive on a BIG-IP 10.0 or 9.x system
You can get the system up and running while you wait for a replacement hard drive from F5
1. Physically swap the hard disk drives.
a) Loosen the hard disk drive screw for the primary drive (located in the right-hand bay) by turning it
counterclockwise with an appropriate screwdriver, if necessary.
Note: The screw that holds the ejector handle in place is captive and cannot be removed from the
assembly.
b) Grasp the ejector handle and pull straight toward you to eject the hard disk drive from the system.
c) Move the primary hard drive from drive bay 1 to drive bay 2.
d) Tighten the screw into place.
The hard disk drive is connected to the system when you tighten the screw completely.
2. Reinstall the BIG-IP
3. Copy a backup configuration file to the system.
4. Replace the failed hard disk drive (the one you moved to the left-hand bay) with the new hard disk drive
that you receive from F5.
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