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Enterprise Self-Encrypting Drive User’s Guide, Rev. B 10
2.0 SED disk drive overview
There is no hardware difference between a standard enterprise drive and an SED (apart from the label) however the
SED does undergo a set of additional manufacturing procedures which configure the security features in the drive.
This configuration involves the installation of security tables, defines a set of credentials (passwords), enables the
encryption engine, and initializes the system band on the media.
Figure 6. SED major components