I just got a QFX3500 and I'm trying to create a snapshot before I do anything else with it. However, the switch will not recognize the drive. I have not been able to find anything that shows requirements or partitioning schemes for the usb drive, other than that it must be at least 4GB.
The drive I'm trying to use is a 16GB drive, brand name Philips. It has a GPT partition table with a single FAT32 partition. And here's what happens.
root> request system snapshot partition
fpc0:
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Clearing current label...
Partitioning external media (da1) ...
error: Unsupported snapshot media (M) - snapshot aborted
If I try request system snapshot media, there are no autocomplete options.
From the switch:
root@:LC:0% fdisk -s /dev/da1
/dev/da1: 1937 cyl 255 hd 63 sec
Part Start Size Type Flags
1: 1 31129599 0xee 0x00
From my Linux computer:
$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for mnewrock:
Disk /dev/sdb: 14.84 GiB, 15938355200 bytes, 31129600 sectors
Disk model: ProductCode
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4A5C7C12-8FE9-EE49-A97D-1899D1743874
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 31117311 31115264 14.8G Microsoft basic data
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MELISSA NEWROCK
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