F5 6900, Installation Manual

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If a hard drive fails

The tasks you perform if you experience a hard drive failure vary, 
depending on the BIG-IP software version installed on your system.

For version 9.x and 10.0.0

Your system cannot use the spare disk as a replacement, but if your primary 
disk fails, you have two options:

◆

If you would like to get the system up and running while you wait for a 
replacement hard drive from F5 Networks, you can perform the 
following steps:

1. Swap the hard drives.

2. Reinstall the BIG-IP software.

3. Copy a backup configuration file to the system.

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If you would like to wait until you receive the replacement hard drive, 
you can perform the following steps:

1. Remove the failed hard drive and replace it with the new one that 

you received from F5 Networks.

2. Reinstall the BIG-IP software.

3. Copy a backup configuration file to the system.

For version 10.0.1

If you have run the 

sparedisk

 utility previously, you can move the spare 

hard drive to the primary hard drive bay. The 

sparedisk

 utility enables you 

to copy the contents of your primary hard drive to the secondary hard drive 
in the same system. For more information on replacing the primary hard 
drive with the spare hard drive, see 

Replacing the primary hard drive with 

the spare hard drive

, on page 3.

For a version later than 10.0.1

Refer to the Ask F5

SM

 Knowledge Base for detailed instructions.