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Infoblox TE-1606 Solid State Drive Replacement
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Infoblox TE-1606 Solid State Drive Replacement

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Last updated: Jun 12, 2024 by Shwetha S (Deactivated)
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The Infoblox TE-1606 appliance ships with two solid-state drives (SSDs), configured in a RAID 1 (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) array. When replacing a failed solid-state drive, you must replace it with an Infoblox supplied solid-state drive. The appliance also displays the drive type in the Detailed Status panel of the Grid Manager.

Caution: Installing drives that are not qualified and shipped from Infoblox could cause failures in the appliance.

You can access the solid-state drive from the front of the appliance. This drive weighs about 2 pounds (0.90 kg). You can remove or replace a defective drive without interrupting appliance operations or network services.

Caution: Never remove a correctly functioning drive in a live system.

To remove the solid-state drive:

  1. Identify and verify the failed drive through Grid Manager or the CLI.

  2. Press the release button to release the catch-release lever.

  3. Use the catch-release lever to pull the disk about two cm (one inch) to disengage contact, as indicated in the figure below.

  4. Wait about 30 seconds for the drive to completely stop spinning.

  5. Remove the drive, extract it from its carrier, and handle it with care.
    Do not drop the drive or ship it loosely in a carton.

  6. Securely mount the replacement drive in the drive carrier and replace the carrier in the system.

  7. Push the lever down to lock the drive in place.
    The LED next to the drive lights up.

  8. The disk drive automatically goes into rebuilds mode.

Note

IP settings and basic network configurations, such as the gateway address, netmask, Grid secret and Grid name, are saved and restored when you replace a failed drive.

Notes on Drive Replacement

NIOS saves and restores IP settings and basic network configurations, such as the gateway address, netmask, Grid secret, and Grid name, when you replace a failed drive. The replaceable drive contains only user data.
Should the drive in an appliance stop working for any reason, and the appliance is part of an HA pair, it will come offline, and its HA partner system comes online. If the drive has an issue and is replaced, NIOS within the downed system detects the new SSD and initializes it for NIOS usage.
If the appliance runs on an Infoblox Grid, the system then communicates with the current Grid Master, downloads any remaining configuration, and then automatically rejoins the Grid. In most cases, recovery within an HA pair and on the Grid takes only a few minutes after the drive is replaced.
If the appliance runs in stand-alone mode without failover, a backup of the user data must be restored, or the system configured from scratch. Infoblox recommends regular backups of standalone appliance data. Consult the Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Files topic in the NIOS online documentation for your system.

 

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