F5 BIG-IP 6900 - Halting the System

Replacing Hard Drives
Platform Guide: 6900 and 8900 10 - 9
2. Type the following command:
sparedisk
This process takes several minutes. As the new hard drive is written,
you will see status updates on the screen.
3. Verify the status of the spare disk by typing the following
command:
sparedisk --query
Output similar to the following example displays:
4. Reboot the system by typing the following command:
reboot
Halting the system
You must halt the system and shut it down before you add or remove a hard
drive.
To halt and power off the unit
1. On the LCD panel, press the X button, then use the arrow keys to
navigate to the System menu.
2. Press the Check button.
3. Navigate to the Halt menu.
4. Press the Check button.
5. Press the Check button again at the confirmation screen.
6. Wait 30 seconds.
7. Hold the X button for four seconds to power off the unit.
After you halt and power off the system, you can add or remove a
hard drive.
bash (try 'info') / >sparedisk --query
info: Skipping HD1; it is not a spare.
info: Checking spare disk HD2
Found product: BIG-IP 10.0.1 build 283.0
Filesystem created: Mon Aug 24 21:45:21 2009