Information about USB 3.0 SSD
The following sections provide information about USB 3.0 SSD.
USB 3.0 SSD
In Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.9.1, support for USB 3.0 SSD is enabled on Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches. USB 3.0 SSD provides extra 240 GB storage for application hosting. Applications can be hosted in Kernel Virtual Machines (KVM), Linux Containers (LXC ), or Docker containers. The storage drive can also be used to save packet captures, trace logs generated by the operating system and third-party applications. USB 3.0 SSD can be used simultaneously as a general-purpose storage device and as an application-hosting device. You must use only Cisco USB drives; non-Cisco USB drives are not supported.
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USB 3.0 SSD cannot be used to boot images, emergency install the images, or upgrade internal flash using (software maintenance update (SMU or install commands. Bootloader support for USB 3.0 SSD is not available. |
USB 3.0 SSD is enabled with Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T) functionality for health monitoring of the drive. The purpose of S.M.A.R.T is to monitor the reliability of the drive and predict drive failures, and to carry out different types of drive self tests. SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon (smartd) is enabled immediately after the insertion of a USB 3.0 SSD and starts logging warnings and errors in the /crashinfo/tracelogs/smart_errors.log. These warnings and errors are also displayed on the console. On removing the USB 3.0 SSD, smartd stops running.
USB 3.0 SSD is supported as a field-replaceable unit (FRU) that offers flexible storage configurations. If SSD is used initially on a PC, the default partition on USB 3.0 SSD is created by the PC supporting all the file systems. If SSD is used initially on the switch, one partition of the drive is created to support EXT4 file system.
File System on USB 3.0 SSD
USB 3.0 SSD is shipped as a raw device. When the device boots up, Cisco IOS software creates a partition with EXT4 as the default file system. However, the device supports all EXT-based file systems such as EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4. Non-EXT based file systems such as VFAT, NTFS, LVM, and so on are not supported.
The following file system operations are supported on the drive:
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Read
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Write
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Delete
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Copy
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Format
Password Authentication on USB 3.0 SSD
To protect the drive from unauthorized access, you must enable security on USB 3.0 SSD by setting a user password. A USB 3.0 SSD supports the following security states:
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Security disabled: User password has not been configured on the drive. This is the out-of-box state which is the default for any new drive.
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Security enabled: User password has been configured on the drive.
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Locked: Security is enabled and the drive is inaccessible.
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Unlocked: Security is enabled or disabled, but the drive is accessible.
You can configure password authentication using the CLI as well as programmable NETCONF/YANG method.