The Instant Secure Erase feature erases data from encrypted drives.
Attention: All data on the drive is lost when you erase it. Before starting this operation, back up any data that you want to keep.
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Navigate to the Controller dashboard, and click the Drives tab.
All of the associated drives appear.
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Expand Unconfigured Drives, and select an unconfigured good drive.
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Select .
A confirmation message appears.
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Select Confirm and click Yes, Securely Erase Drive to proceed with the operation.
After the secure erase operation has started, the
Stop Erase option is enabled in the
Actions menu. You can monitor the progress of the erase operation. See
Background Operations Support.