Section C: Reinitializing all disks

When you need to reinitialize disks

You might need to initialize all disks in the following circumstances:

You decide to redeploy an existing appliance and you need to completely reconfigure it.
You have a C2100 model appliance that you want to upgrade from a version earlier than 5.3.1.
You have a C1200 model appliance that you want to upgrade from a single-disk to a multi-disk system.
You have a C1200 or C2100 model appliance that you want to boot from a compact flash PC-card.
Network Appliance Technical Support advises you that the only way to recover from an error is to reinitialize all disks.
Caution
Initializing all disks causes all existing data to be lost.

Reinitializing all disks

To initialize all disks, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1
If the console is...

Then...

Displaying the appliance prompt, for example, netcache1>

Place the system boot diskette into the diskette drive of the appliance and enter reboot.

Not displaying the appliance prompt

Reboot from diskette.

If the console is showing the ok prompt, enter boot.
If the console is unresponsive, enter
boot floppy.
If the console is still unresponsive, reset the appliance by turning it off, leaving it off for 30 seconds, and then turning it back on.

2
When the boot menu appears, enter 4 to choose Initialize all disks.

After the initialization process finishes, the setup script runs. You will be prompted for the appliance IP address and other information.

3
Upload the new software image through the Appliance Manager.

See the Appliance Manager online Help for instructions. Until you upload the new software image, no operating system exists on the disks. Therefore, do not reboot the appliance until after you have uploaded the new operating system and have been prompted to reboot.

Step	Action
1	If the console is...	Then...
	Displaying the appliance prompt, for example, netcache1>	Place the system boot diskette into the diskette drive of the appliance and enter `reboot`.
	Not displaying the appliance prompt	Reboot from diskette. If the console is showing the ok prompt, enter `boot`. If the console is unresponsive, enter `boot floppy`. If the console is still unresponsive, reset the appliance by turning it off, leaving it off for 30 seconds, and then turning it back on.
2	When the boot menu appears, enter `4` to choose Initialize all disks. After the initialization process finishes, the setup script runs. You will be prompted for the appliance IP address and other information.
3	Upload the new software image through the Appliance Manager. See the Appliance Manager online Help for instructions. Until you upload the new software image, no operating system exists on the disks. Therefore, do not reboot the appliance until after you have uploaded the new operating system and have been prompted to reboot.