Nortel Contivity 5000 Installing page 84

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The backup disk drive is redundant and is used only to store a copy of the primary
disk in case the primary disk fails. You configure the frequency of the backup
operation to the redundant drive on the Admin > Auto Backup screen.
You can hot-swap the backup disk drive only. To replace the primary disk drive,
you must first shut down the system.
To replace a hard disk drive:
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Note: For instructions on configuring automatic backups and
designating the primary disk drive, see Managing and Troubleshooting
the Contivity Secure IP Services Gateway.
Note: If you do not want to shut down the Contivity 5000 to replace the
primary disk drive, you can reboot the system from the backup disk. For
example, if disk 0 is the primary disk, reboot the gateway from disk 1.
After the reboot, disk 1 is the primary disk and you can hot-swap disk 0.
If you are replacing the primary disk drive, shut down the Contivity 5000.
(If you are replacing the backup disk drive, go to step 2.)
Caution: To avoid damage to the hard disk drive, you must shut down
the Contivity 5000 before you replace the primary disk drive.
a
Use the Web GUI or the command line interface to shut down the
gateway.
— Web GUI: Choose Admin > Shutdown. Select the option to power off
the gateway after shutdown.
— Command line interface: Use the
system. For example, enter
"Upgrade hardware"
For the complete syntax of the
the Contivity Secure IP Services Gateway Command Line Interface.
b Wait for the system to shut down. You may need to wait several minutes.
c
Go to step 3.
command to shut down the
reload
reload power-off disable-logins
command, see the Reference for
reload