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CAUTION: Instant Encrypt Erase permanently erases all data present on the disk.
Select the Instant Encrypt Erase task to erase an encrypted physical disk. This task is available for:
• Unconfigured SED drive
• Foreign configured encrypted drives
• Unconfigured and foreign SED drive even when an Encryption Key is not present in the controller
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Managing The Encryption Key
To Locate Instant Encrypt 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 Instant Encrypt Erase from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to
clear.
7. Click Execute.
Convert To RAID Capable Disk
This task enables a disk for all RAID operations.
This task is supported on H310 controllers.
Convert To Non-RAID Disk
This task converts a disk to a Non-RAID disk. After converting a disk to non- RAID, the disk is exposed to
the operating system unlike unconfigured good disks and it enables usage of disk in direct pass-through
mode.
This task is supported on H310 controllers.
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