Question

How do I initialize the SSD?

Answer

The SSD can be initialized by performing the procedure below.

Procedure for initializing the SSD

Connect Edge Gateway to the PC. They can be connected to each other via a serial connection or via SSH.

Execute the following command to format the SSD.

admin@amnimo:~$ amsh
amnimo$ enable
password:
amnimo# configure
amnimo(cfg)# nxwitness
amnimo(cfg-nxwitness)# no enable　#As Nx Witness has opened the SSD, unmount it first.
amnimo(cfg-nxwitness)# exit
amnimo(cfg)# no device storage mount sda1　#Unmount the SSD.
amnimo(cfg)# exit
amnimo# device storage format sda1　#Format the SSD.

Next, remount the SSD.

Execute the following command to complete initializing the SSD.

admin@amnimo:~$ amsh
amnimo$ enable
password:
amnimo# configure
amnimo(cfg)# storage mount sda1 /media/sda1　#Mount the SSD to /media/sda1.
amnimo(cfg)# show config storage　　　　　　　#Confirm that the SSD has been mounted here. 
# ---- storage sda1 configure ----
storage mount sda1 /media/sda1 type ext4 options defaults
storage fsck sda1 preen
storage monitor sda1 retry 3 interval 10m reboot 3
storage failsafe sda1 retry 3 interval 10 reboot 3
amnimo(cfg)# 
amnimo(cfg)# nxwitness
amnimo(cfg-nxwitness)# enable　　#Enable (link) Nx Witness.
amnimo(cfg-nxwitness)# show config
enable　　　　　　　　　　　　#Confirm that Nx Witness has been enabled (linked).
port 7001
database /mnt/share/nxwitness/database/file.db
password secret 1sxWjNj/NBbdEfGFmP6vrw==
amnimo(cfg-nxwitness)# exit
amnimo(cfg)# exit
amnimo# config file save　　　　#Save the settings.
startup-config file already exists. Do you want to overwrite? (y/N): y
amnimo# exit
amnimo$ exit