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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 12 User’s Guide PERC H965i Adapter, PERC H965i Front, PERC H965i MX, and PERC H965e Adapter

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Physical disk erase

Prerequisites

To use the Physical Disk Erase feature from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:

Steps

  1. Enter the Dell PERC 12 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to the Dell PERC 12 configuration utility.
  2. Click Main Menu > Device Management > Logical Enclosure <enclosure Number>. An enclosure number can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
    All the physical disks associated with the selected enclosure are listed.
  3. Select a physical disk.
  4. From the Operations drop-down menu, select Physical Disk Erase.
    NOTE:The Cryptographic Erase option is displayed only if the drive is of either ISE or SED type.
  5. Click Go.
  6. When prompted to indicate if you want to start erasing data on the physical disk, select the Confirm check box, and then click Yes.
    Data on the physical disk is successfully erased.

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