Users Guide
To Locate Controller Task In Storage Management
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
2. Select a controller object on which you want to enable the revertible hot spare task.
3. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.
4. From the Controller Task drop-down list box, select Change Controller Properties and click Execute.
NOTE: The Rebuild rate for Revertible Hot Spare is the same as that defined for the controller.
Performing Cryptographic Erase
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
CAUTION:
Cryptographic Erase permanently erases all data present on the disk.
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
• 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.
Related tasks
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.
Convert To RAID Capable Disk
This task enables a disk for all RAID operations.
NOTE:
This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
NOTE: This task is not supported on PERC 10 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.
NOTE:
This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode. However this feature is
supported for PERC controllers running on Enhanced HBA mode.
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