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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User’s Guide H330, H730, and H830

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Physical disk erase

Physical Disk Erase is the process of permanently erasing all data on a physical disk. You must execute Physical Disk Erase on a drive that is in Ready state.

NOTE:By executing Physical Disk Erase, the data on your physical disk is lost.

To execute Physical Disk Erase, perform the following steps in the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>):

  1. Press <Ctrl> <N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
    A list of physical disks are displayed. The status of each disk is displayed under the heading State.
  2. Press the down-arrow key to highlight the physical disk to be erased.
  3. Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
  4. Use the down-arrow key to highlight Physical Disk Erase option and press <Enter>.
  5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the type of erase.
    • Simple: Single pass, single pattern write
    • Normal: Three pass, three patterns write
    • Thorough: Nine pass, repeats the normal write three times
  6. Press <Enter> to erase the physical disk data.

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