This post is more than 5 years old
1 Message
0
22010
Factory reset R720
We have a dell R720 server for lab. I want to wipe everthing on this server and want to be in default condition.
I should be like a new box powered on for first time.
This post is more than 5 years old
1 Message
0
22010
We have a dell R720 server for lab. I want to wipe everthing on this server and want to be in default condition.
I should be like a new box powered on for first time.
Top
Anonymous
5 Practitioner
5 Practitioner
•
274.2K Posts
0
July 8th, 2016 09:00
Hello.
Boot into the LifeCycle Controller (LCC) using F10 key during POST. Go to Hardware Configuration -> Repurpose or Retire the System and then select all the features you would like delete or wipe off the system. This will restore the system to factory default
storagejohn_6bc16d
37 Posts
0
July 9th, 2016 14:00
Re-purpose will do the trick yeah !
Arischvaran
3 Posts
0
January 6th, 2022 03:00
Does repurposing or retiring the system wipe all the data from the server or is using DBAN a better option? I want to wipe all the data from the server including the OS as well.
Dell- Maria J
Moderator
Moderator
•
278 Posts
0
January 6th, 2022 04:00
Hello Arischvaran,
Thank you for choosing Dell.
The Repurpose or Retire System option resets the state of the inventory collection to Enabled, and then permanently deletes the iDRAC and BIOS configuration information, factory-shipped inventory, configurations, Lifecycle Log information (historical data and work notes), backup image file, non-volatile (NV) cache, NVDIMM, operating system driver packs, disk erase, and diagnostics. During this operation, it deletes the hardware and software inventory data related to the system. However, they are recreated during the next restart of the server. It also deletes the firmware and previous versions, which will not be available for firmware rollback
More information you can also find here:
https://dell.to/31wJsJV
How to delete server information:
https://dell.to/3pYQRuQ
Please ask me if you have any questions,