Installing A Usb 3.0 Ssd; Usb 3.0 Ssd Overview - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Installing a USB 3.0 SSD

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USB 3.0 SSD Overview

The USB 3.0 Solid State Drive (SSD) port on the rear panel of the switch supports an optional 120GB USB
3.0 SSD storage device (SSD-120G). SSD-120G provides an extra 120GB of storage for application hosting.
Applications can be hosted in KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machines), LXC (Linux Containers), or Docker
containers. SSD-120G can also be used to save packet captures, trace logs generated by the operating system,
Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR) snapshots and third-party applications. SSD-120G can be used
simultaneously as a general-purpose storage device and as an app hosting device. You must use only Cisco
USB drives; non-Cisco USB drives are not supported.
SSD-120G is enabled with S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) functionality
to monitor endurance, predict wear-out and carry out various self-tests.
Figure 51: SSD-120G
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USB 3.0 SSD Overview, on page 83
Installing an SSD-120G, on page 84
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