Removing And Replacing The Hard Drive On The Cisco Asr 1001 Router - Cisco ASR 1000 Series Replacing

Removing and Replacing the Hard Drive on the Cisco ASR 1001 Router

Removing and Replacing the Hard Drive on the Cisco ASR 1001
Router
The Cisco ASR 1001 Router supports an optional removable hard drive. This section explains how to remove
and replace this hard drive.
Warning During this procedure, wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do not directly touch
the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself. Statement 94
Before you begin, read the following important notices:
• The hard drive is accessible from the front panel of the router and supports the online insertion and
• The reason you may be removing an internal hard drive is that it is failing or failed; so any data recovery
• If the drive is functioning, you can back it up to a drive plugged into a USB port using the archive tar
Removing the Hard Drive from the Cisco ASR 1001 Router
To remove the hard drive from the Cisco ASR 1001 Router, follow this procedure:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. Run the request platform hardware filesystem harddisk: offline command.
2. Slip on an ESD-preventive wrist strap.
3. From the front panel of the router, unscrew the fastener screws by using a # 2 Phillips screwdriver or a
flat head screwdriver (see xref Figure 14-6).
4. Pull the hard drive out as shown in xref Figure 14-7.
5. Place the hard drive in an antistatic bag if you are returning it.
6. Wait until the following console message is displayed:
DETAILED STEPS
Step 1 Run the request platform hardware filesystem harddisk: offline command.
Step 2
Slip on an ESD-preventive wrist strap.
Step 3 From the front panel of the router, unscrew the fastener screws by using a # 2 Phillips screwdriver or a flat head screwdriver
(see xref Figure 14-6).
Removing and Replacing FRUs from the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers
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removal feature (OIR) using the following CLI commands:
• request platform hardware filesystem harddisk: offline (unmounts the hard disk)
• request platform hardware filesystem harddisk: online (mounts the hard disk.)
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command.
Removing and Replacing FRUs from the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers