Hardware Component Overview; Srx550 Services Gateway Boot Devices And Dual-Root Partitioning; Scheme - Juniper SRX550 Hardware Manual

CHAPTER 2

Hardware Component Overview

SRX550 Services Gateway Boot Devices and Dual-Root Partitioning Scheme
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By default, the SRX550 Services Gateway boots from the following storage media (in
order of priority):
Internal CompactFlash card (default; always present)
1.
USB storage key (alternate)
2.
NOTE: When you explicitly boot the services gateway using the CLI and the
services gateway has two USBs installed (one in slot 0 and the second in
slot 1), if the USB in slot 0 fails, the booting sequence will not boot from the
second USB installed in slot 1. Instead, the device will boot using the next
storage media in its storage media booting priority list, the internal
CompactFlash card.
The dual-root partitions allow the services gateways to remain functional if there is file
system corruption and facilitate easy recovery of the corrupted file system.
The dual-root partitioning scheme keeps the primary and backup Junos OS images in
two independently bootable root partitions. If the primary root partition is corrupted, the
system will be able to boot from the backup Junos OS image located in the other root
partition and remain fully functional.
When the services gateway powers up, it tries to boot Junos OS from the default storage
media. If the device fails to boot from the default storage media, it tries to boot from the
alternate storage media. With the dual-root partitioning scheme, the device first tries to
boot Junos OS from the primary root partition and then from the backup root partition
on the default storage media. If both primary and backup root partitions of a media fail
to boot, then the device tries to boot Junos OS from the next available type of storage
media. The services gateway remains fully functional even if it boots the Junos OS from
the backup root partition of storage media.
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