Manual Chapter :
Disk Management
Applies To:
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BIG-IP APM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP Analytics
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP Link Controller
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP LTM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP PEM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP AFM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP DNS
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
BIG-IP ASM
- 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.3, 16.1.2, 16.1.1, 16.1.0
Disk Management
About disk management
You can manage the disk drives installed in the BIG-IP
system using the Configuration utility.
Platforms that contain more than one disk drive support drive mirroring using
RAID. In an array of two disks (for example, HD1 and HD2), the mirrored
volumes are named MD1.1, MD1.2, and MD1.3.
On platforms containing only a single disk drive, the volumes are named HD1.1,
HD1.2, and so on.
About managing disk arrays
You can manage the disk array in the BIG-IP
system using the Configuration utility.
Add a disk to an array
You can use the Configuration utility to add a disk to an array.
Disk arrays apply only to BIG-IP systems that contain hard disk drives (HDDs).
These features are not available on systems that contain solid-state
drives (SSDs).
- On the Main tab, click .The Disk Management screen displays a list of disks installed in the system.
- For theSoftware and Mixed Mode Diskssetting, select a Disk Name.
- ClickAdd Disk to Array.
- Confirm that you would like to add the selected disk to the array.This destroys any data on the disk.When the disk is being added to the array, for theSoftware and Mixed Mode Disksarea, the Array Status column changes toReplicatingfor that disk. When the replication process is complete, the Array Status column changes toOK.
Remove a disk from an array
You can use the Configuration utility to remove a disk from an array.
Removing a disk from the array destroys all data on
the disk.
Disk arrays apply only to BIG-IP systems that contain hard disk drives (HDDs).
These features are not available on systems that contain solid-state
drives (SSDs).
- On the Main tab, click .The Disk Management screen displays a list of disks installed in the system.
- For theSoftware and Mixed Mode Diskssetting, select a Disk Name.
- ClickRemove Disk From Array.
- Confirm that you would like to remove the selected disk from the array.This destroys any data on the disk.When the disk is removed from the array, for theSoftware and Mixed Mode Disksarea, the Array Status column changes toUndefinedfor that disk.
