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Summary of Contents for Blancco Enterprise Erase E2400
- Page 1 Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser User Manual www.blancco.com...
- Page 2 Macintosh computers, PCs, and many UNIX systems for attaching peripheral devices to computers. In Blancco Drive Eraser, SPI stands for SCSI Parallel Interface, the predecessor of SAS. It is one of the interface implementations in the SCSI family and it defines the electrical signals and Solid State Drive is a data storage device used for storing digital information using integrated circuit assemblies as memory to store data persistently.
- Page 3 Short for User Interface and Graphical User Interface. Wireless LAN, a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals rather than cables WLAN to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet wirelessly. Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Start Erasure ............................12 Fill Custom Fields (If Any) ........................12 Check Report ............................. 13 Switch to MC Side for Report Handling and License Control ............13 Removing Drives ..........................13 Contact Information ..........................14 Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser... -
Page 5: General Information
1 General Information Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser is an appliance designed to erase loose SAS/SATA/SSD drives up to 24 at one time. By default, the system consists of two software running simultaneously on the same machine: • Drive Eraser is the software where the connected drives are detected, displayed and erased. After the erasure, the erasure report (per drive) is automatically sent to the Management Console. -
Page 6: Using The "Drive Eraser Only" Mode And An External Management Console
The software can also be run with only the Drive Eraser part. In this mode, the MC part is disabled on the Hardware and an external MC or Blancco Cloud account can be used to handle licensing and reporting. To use this mode: 1. -
Page 7: Drive Activity Led - Logic
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE NEXT PARAGRAPH BEFORE YOU START USING THE PROGRAM Thank you for choosing Blancco for your data erasure needs. Before you start using the Blancco Erasure software make sure that all files, folders, software applications or any other information that you want to save for later use are backed up on an appropriate media device other than the original data storage device (HDD, SSD). -
Page 8: Process Steps
• One 3U server with Pre-installed Blancco Drive Eraser Pre-installed Blancco Management Console 100 per drive licenses of Blancco Drive Eraser Server Edition on a USB HASP key • Two towers with 12 drive bays each • Power cables and data cables •... -
Page 9: Install The Drives
Four each such adapters are provided per appliance. Photos below show example of one of the adapter. Push the lever and insert the 2.5” drive, then close the lever – reverse for removal Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser... -
Page 10: For 1.8-Inch Drives
3. Connect all 6x data cables from the 3U server to the towers – observing the numbering properly. The cable should click when it securely connected. 4. Turn on the appliances: 5. Depressing the power button on the rear of the tower (power supply on/off switches): Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser... -
Page 11: Wait For The Software To Finish Booting
F5 or by pressing the reload page button. 2.2.2 Running the “Drive Eraser Only” mode If you are using the version which uses the external MC or Cloud, then switching between MC and Drive Eraser is disabled. Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser... -
Page 12: Make Sure The Drives Have Been Detected
Non-finalized reports cannot be transferred to Management Console or saved to USB-stick. If no custom fields have been set, then the Input & Edit tab doesn’t appear in the Drive Eraser’s interface. Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser... -
Page 13: Check Report
To activate new licenses, click the “License activation” button and the following window will open: Click “Browse” and navigate to the license file and select it. The license file will be delivered by Blancco’s tech support team or sales person. It is in .hsp or .txt format. -
Page 14: Contact Information
See the instructional videos for Blancco products at: https://www.blancco.com/resources/videos/ For contact information and the latest information about secure data erasure solutions, visit the Blancco website at: https://www.blancco.com We are always looking for ways to improve our products. Please let us know if you have any suggestions!
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