Installation guide

Acme Packet 6100 Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide 83
Upgrading or Replacing a Solid State Drive
This section explains how to upgrade or replace the Solid State Drive (SSD) in your
Acme Packet 6100.
The SSD upgrade or replacement order consists of the drive itself with mounting
brackets and 4 pan head screws (M3 x 5mm) attached.
Installation Tools
and Parts
The following tools and parts are required to install a Solid State Drive in your Acme
Packet 6100:
• Solid State Drive
• #1 Phillips-head screwdriver
• #2 Phillips-head screwdriver
• ESD wrist strap
• Cable labels
Pre-removal Perform the following logical and physical preparations before you remove the Solid
State Drive (SSD) from your Acme Packet 6100.
Removing the Logical
System from the
Network
Be mindful of all systems and network entities that may be affected by removing an
Acme Packet 6100 from your network. In addition to routing calls around the Acme
Packet 6100, you must also prepare network monitoring and health systems to
accommodate the loss of a network element.
Specific procedures for removing the Acme Packet 6100 from your network may be
found earlier in this document.
Removing the
Physical System from
the Equipment Rack
After logically removing the Acme Packet 6100 from your network, the following
procedures must be completed before you can replace the SSD. These are:
• Disconnection of all media network, management network, alarm and console
cabling from the Acme Packet 6100
• Disconnection of all power and ground system cabling
• Removal of the Acme Packet 6100 from the equipment rack
Removing the Data
Cabling
Labeling all existing data cables will ease reconnecting the Acme Packet 6100 to the
network.
1. Label each cable noting which port on the Acme Packet 6100 it connects to.
2. Attach the appropriate label to each cable.
Remember to label all media network cables , maintenance cabling, and console
and alarm cables.
3. Disconnect all data cables from the Acme Packet 6100.
Removing Power and
Ground Cabling
Take care in removing power from the Acme Packet 6100. Refer to the Safety chapter
in this document for complete safety guidelines.