User's Manual

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To enable Revertible Hot Spare:
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1. On the Change Controller Properties page, enable Revertible Hot Spare and Auto replace on predictive failure.
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2. Click Apply Changes.
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To locate this task in Storage Management:
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1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
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2. Select a controller object on which you want to enable the revertible hot spare task and select the Information/Configuration tab.
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3. From the Controller Task drop down menu, select Change Controller Properties and click Execute.
Instant Encrypt Erase
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Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Use the Instant Encrypt Erase task to erase an encrypted physical disk. This task is available for:
l Unconfigured SED drive
l Foreign configured encrypted drives
l Unconfigured and foreign SED drive even when an Encryption Key is not present in the controller
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To locate this task in Storage Management:
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1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
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2. Expand a controller object.
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3. Expand a Connector object.
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4. Expand the enclosure or Backplane object.
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5. Select the Physical Disks object.
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6. Select Instant Encrypt Erase from the Available Tasks drop-down menu of the physical disk you want to clear.
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7. Click Execute.
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NOTE: To use the Revertible Hot Spare task, you should have assigned a hot spare to the virtual disk.
NOTE: If the disk is not SMART-enabled or if the Auto Replace on Predictive Failure option is disabled, the failed disk is not replaced automatically.
NOTE: The Rebuild rate for Revertible Hot Spare is the same as defined for the controller.
CAUTION: Instant Encrypt Erase permanently erases all data present on the disk.