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Firepower SSD Drive

jerry.larson
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I installed a hard drive into my 5545X ASA, I see the drive in show inv,

show file system is --drive space

I cannot format the drive

What am I missing?

thank you, 

border1i# sh file system

File Systems:

Size(b) Free(b) Type Flags Prefixes
* 8238202880 7974883328 disk rw disk0: flash:
- - disk rw disk1:
- - network rw tftp:
- - opaque rw system:
- - network ro http:
- - network ro https:
- - network rw scp:
- - network rw ftp:
- - network wo cluster:
- - stub ro cluster_trace:
- - network rw smb:

border1i# sh inv
Name: "Chassis", DESCR: "ASA 5545-X with SW, 8 GE Data, 1 GE Mgmt"
PID: ASA5545 , VID: V03 , SN: 

Name: "power supply 0", DESCR: "ASA 5545-X/5555-X AC Power Supply"
PID: ASA-PWR-AC , VID: N/A , SN: 

Name: "Storage Device 1", DESCR: "Model Number: Micron_M600_MTFDDAK128MBF"
PID: N/A , VID: N/A , SN: 

I am unable to format the drive

border1i# format disk1:

Format operation may take a while. Continue? [confirm]

Format operation will destroy all data in "disk1:". Continue? [confirm]

%Error formatting disk1 (No such device)
border1i#

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Marvin Rhoads
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The SSD is not "disk1". The SSD is only for use by the software module (sfr, cxsc or ips type). (Only the "sfr" or FirePOWER Service module is currently sold.) You cannot browse the files or otherwise directly access the file system on the SSD.

disk1 is used to refer to an optional USB drive installed in the external slot on the rear panel. This is documented in the hardware installation guide here:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/hw/maintenance/5500xguide/5500xhw/asa_overview.html#14594.

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