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nycdude
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusUnable to add disk to array
Hello everyone, We have an F5 7000S that we have purchased new in 2013 and kept it running pretty much 24/7 all this time. After a datacenter outage one of the drives in the device died. We have...
CA_Valli
MVP
MVPI'm guessing the replacement disk you installed was not F5-supplied, correct?
First thing I'd check is if it's being seen by the unit, do the LEDs blink? What's the output of tmsh show sys raid disk ?
Also, what procedure did you use to unmount the disk? Did you remove it from the array before switching it as detailed in https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/platform-b7000/4.html#c_reuse_fru_hd_about ?
nycdudeNimbostratus
NimbostratusThat is correct.
The replacement disk is a Samsung EVO 870 SSD.
I tried replacing it with the same identical vendor (not F5 sourced though) WD-Velociraptor 1TB, but the results are the same.
here is the output of the command. The disk is recognized, just wont add to raid.
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Sys::Raid::Disk
Name Serial Number Array Array Status Model
Member
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HD1 WD-WXR1E63HMUYD yes ok ATA WDC WD1000CHTZ-0
HD2 S6PNNJ0W412826X no undefined ATA Samsung SSD 870