F5 6900, Installation Manual

Replacing Hard Drives

Installation Guide for 6900/8900 Hard Drives

3

Replacing the primary hard drive with the spare hard 
drive

If you are running version 10.0.1 of the BIG-IP software and have 
previously used the 

sparedisk

 utility to copy the contents of your primary 

hard drive to the spare hard drive, you can move the spare hard drive to the 
primary hard drive bay.

Figure 2  

Example of a hard drive partially removed from the system

To replace the primary hard drive with the spare hard drive

1. Ensure that the system is properly halted and shut down. For more 

information, see 

Halting the system

, on page 6.

2. Remove the front bezel from the unit.

3. Remove the primary hard drive:

a) Loosen the hard drive screw by turning it counterclockwise, 

using an appropriate screwdriver if necessary.

Note:

 The screws that hold the hard drives to the chassis are 

captive and cannot be removed.

b) Grasp the ejector handle and pull straight toward you to eject the 

hard drive from the system.

4. Move the spare hard drive from hard drive bay 2 to hard drive bay 1.

5. Tighten the screw into place by turning it clockwise, using an 

appropriate screwdriver if necessary.

The hard drive is connected to the system when you tighten the 
screw completely.

6. Power up the system by pressing the Check button on the LCD 

panel.

7. Connect to the system using a console server.