HP MSA 2040 CLI Reference Guide

set disk

Description Performs a secure erase on a specified disk. This is called repurposing the disk, and only applies to

a disk that is capable of Full Disk Encryption.

This command can only be run on disks whose status is either AVAIL or UNUSABLE. AVAIL disks

have had all vdisk information removed from them. Secure erasing such disks is an extra step to

make all data on the disk irretrievable. UNUSABLE disks have a foreign lock key. UNUSABLE disks

can be imported by using the set fde-import-key command.

NOTE: If you want to repurpose more than one disk and the drive spin down (DSD) feature is

enabled, disable DSD before repurposing the disks. You can re-enable it after the disks are

repurposed. For information about disabling and enabling DSD for available disks, see information

about the set advanced-settings command’s spin-down parameter.

Syntax

set disk

disk

repurpose

[noprompt]

Parameters

disk

ID of the disk to be repurposed. Only one disk may be repurposed at a time. For disk syntax, see

"Command syntax" (page 20).

repurpose

Specifies to secure erase the specified disk.

noprompt

Optional in console format; required for XML API format. Suppresses the confirmation prompt that

appears for UNUSABLE disks only. Specifying this parameter allows the command to proceed

without user interaction.

Example Perform a secure erase of all data on UNUSABLE disk 1.2.

# set disk 1.2 repurpose

Disk 1.2 was used on another system, and its contents are unknown. The contents

will be erased. Do you want to continue? (y/n) yes

Success: Command completed successfully. (2014-03-04 14:42:12)