Users Guide

Select the Cryptographic Erase task to erase an encrypted physical disk. This task is available for:
● Instant Secure Erase (ISE) capable drives
● Unconfigured SED drive
● Unconfigured NVMe drive
● Foreign configured encrypted drives
● Unconfigured and foreign SED drive even when an Encryption Key is not present in the controller
NOTE: The cryptographic erase task will not be available after performing the task. Refresh after some time to get the task
displayed.
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To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
To Locate Cryptographic Erase In Storage Management
To locate this task in storage management:
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
3. Expand a connector object.
4. Expand the enclosure or backplane object.
5. Select the Physical Disk object.
6. Select Cryptographic Erase from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to clear.
7. Click Execute.
After the task is completed, the Alert Log is populated.
Exporting The Log For PERC NVMe Drives
The export log contains debug information for the PERC NVMe drives and can be useful when troubleshooting. You can export
the reliability log for the PERC NVMe drives from the Available Tasks drop-down list.
To Locate Export Log In Storage Management For PERC NVMe drives
To locate this task in storage management:
NOTE: This operation is supported on PERC NVMe drives.
1. Expand the Storage tree object to view the controller objects.
2. Expand PERC Controller object.
3. Select Physical Disks.
4. Select Export Log from the Available Tasks drop-down menu of a particular Physical Disk.
5. Click Execute.
The Export Log page is displayed.
6. In the Export Log page, the following attributes are displayed:
● Host Name
● Path
● File Name — In this text box, you can provide a custom file name for the log file. The export log file is saved with a .log
file extension and the file extension cannot be overwritten by any other file extension entered by the user. The default
file name is NVME_<device name>_<monthdayhourminutesecond>.log.
NOTE:
You cannot use MS-DOS reserved words and special characters in the custom file name. For more
information on MS-DOS reserved words, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/71843. For more
information on valid and invalid special characters, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/177506.
7. Click Export Log to export the file.
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