Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 10 User’s Guide PERC H345, H740P, H745, and H840 Series Controllers

The Dell PERC 10 series of cards support self-encrypting disks (SED) for protection of data against loss or theft of SEDs. Protection is achieved by the use of encryption technology on the drives. There is one security key per controller. You can manage the security key under local key management (LKM). The security key is used by the controller to lock and unlock access to encryption-capable physical disks. In order to take advantage of this feature, you must:

• Have SEDs in your system.
• Create a security key.

For more information, see the Security key and RAID management section.

SEDs that are secured by a non-PERC entity cannot be used by PERC. Ensure that the SED is re-provisioned in an applicable manner by that non-PERC entity before connecting to PERC.