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

Sanitize Block or Overwrite Erase operation

Sanitize secure erase is a process that a drive performs to erase all data permanently by modifying physical block to a user or vendor-specific value. Sanitize can be managed by the PERC or by an application running on the OS. See the Physical Disk Erase section in this guide.

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. Ensure that the drive is not configured.
4. From the Operations list, select the required Sanitize Erase operation.
   NOTE:The Cryptographic Erase option is displayed only if the drive installed is ISE or SED capable.
5. Click Go.
6. When prompted to indicate if you want to start the sanitize erase operation, select the Confirm check box, and then click Yes.
   The sanitize erase operation is successfully completed.