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Server Administrator Storage Management 8.3 User’s Guide

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Performing A Clear Physical Disk And Cancel Clear

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.

Select the Clear Physical Disk task to erase data residing on a physical disk. The Clear task applies to physical disks that are in Ready state and that contain data or that are in Clear state.

NOTE: A physical disk may display the Clear state if it is a member of a virtual disk that is being slow initialized. Performing a Cancel Clear task on the physical disk causes the Slow Initialize task to be canceled for the entire virtual disk.

To clear the physical disk:
  1. Review the physical disk to be erased. Ensure that it does not contain necessary data and make a backup if necessary. If you want to blink the physical disk, click Blink button.
  2. Click Clear when you are ready to erase all information on the physical disk. To exit without clearing the physical disk, click Return to Previous Page.

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