Replacing A Hard Drive - Cisco CPS-MSP-1RU-K9 User Manual

Appendix B Recovering from a Hard Drive Failure
Table B-2 Hard Drive Recovery for Cisco Physical Security Products on a Multiservices Platform Series 2_RU
Model
Physical
Security Hard Drive
Application Configuration
Cisco VSM 6 or 12 hard
drives
(RAID-6)
Cisco IPICS 6 hard drives
(RAID-5)

Replacing a Hard Drive

To replace a hard drive Multiservices Platform Series device, perform the following steps. In a server
with RAID-1 or with RAID-5 and one failed drive, you can hot swap the failed drive. Hot swapping
means that you replace a hard drive while the server is running.
Use only Cisco approved hard drives in a Multiservices Platform Series device.
Procedure
Take these actions to remove the hard drive from the chassis:
Step 1
a.
b.
Step 2 To remove a hard drive from a hard drive bay, see
OL-21838-03
Notes
Provides an operating system and a
•
single media repository striped across all
drives
Fault tolerant; if one or two drives fail,
•
the system functions in degraded mode
Drive hot-swapping is supported if one
•
or two drives fail
If a third drive fails before the first and
•
second drives are replaced and the RAID
set rebuilds, data is lost and the system
fails
Fault tolerant; if a single drive fails, the
•
system functions in degraded mode
Drive hot-swapping is supported if a
•
single drive fails
If an additional drive fails before the first
•
drive is replaced and the RAID set
rebuilds, data is lost and the system fails
Press the release catch on the drive bay.
The drive bay handle extends.
Use the drive bay handle to pull the drive out of the chassis.
Recovering
If one or two drives fail, replace the failed
drive as described in the
Drive" section on page
If three or more drives fail, replace each
failed drive as described in the
Hard Drive" section on page
reimage the system as described in the
"Reimaging a Multiservices Platform Series
Device that is Running VSM" section on
page B-5.
If one drive fails, replace the failed drive as
described in the
section on page
If multiple drives fail, replace each failed
drive as described in the
Drive" section on page
the system as described in the
Multiservices Platform Series Device that is
Running Cisco IPICS, page
Figure B-1 and take the actions that follow.
Cisco Physical Security Multiservices Platform Series User Guide
Replacing a Hard Drive
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