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Physical disk erase

Prerequisites

To use the Physical Disk Erase feature from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:

Steps

  1. Navigate to the PERC Configuration Utility.
  2. Click Main Menu > Device Management > Logical Enclosure <enclosure Number>. An enclosure number can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
    All the hard drives associated with the selected enclosure are listed.
  3. Select a hard drive.
  4. From the Operations drop-down menu, select Physical Disk Erase.
    NOTE:The Cryptographic Erase option is displayed only if the drive is of either ISE or SED type.
  5. Click Go.
  6. When prompted to indicate if you want to start erasing data on the hard drive, select the Confirm check box, and then click Yes.
    Data on the hard drive is successfully erased.

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