Initializing And Erasing Disk Drives; Initializing Disk Drives; Erasing Disk Drives - Adaptec CDP-00278-01-A User Manual

You cannot set a disk drive to a failed state if doing so will take a logical drive offline.
Caution: You may lose data or damage your disk drive if you remove a disk drive
without first setting it to a failed state.

Initializing and Erasing Disk Drives

This section describes how to use maxView Storage Manager to erase data and meta-data (including
logical drive information) from the disk drives in your storage space.

Initializing Disk Drives

You can use maxView Storage Manager to initialize any disk drives (or SSDs) that are in the Ready state.
You may want to do this to erase all existing data and meta-data before using the disk drive in a new
logical device or as a hot spare.
Caution: Do not initialize a disk drive that is part of a logical drive. Initializing a disk
drive that's part of a logical drive may make the logical drive unusable. Be sure to back
up all data from your disk drive before you initialize it.
To initialize a disk drive:
1. In the Enterprise View, select a controller then, in Physical Devices tree, select the disk drive you
want to initialize.
2. On the ribbon, in the Physical Disk group, click Initialize.
The Initialize Physical Disk window opens.
3. Click the Initialize button (on the Initialize Physical Disk window).
maxView Storage Manager begins the initialization.
4. When prompted, click OK to close the Initialize Physical Disk window.

Erasing Disk Drives

You can use maxView Storage Manager to securely erase existing data on any disk drives or SSDs that
are in the Ready state. Secure erase completely destroys the data on the drive; the data is completely
and irretrievably eradicated. Secure erase performs three distinct writing passes to the disk drive being
erased—it does not just write zeros.
To securely erase a disk drive or SSD:
1. In the Enterprise View, select a controller then, in the Physical Devices tree, select the drive you
want to erase.
2. On the ribbon, in the Physical Disk group, click Secure Erase.
The Secure Erase PD window opens.
3. Click Erase to erase the disk drive; click Cancel to cancel the action.
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