TYPES OF OPERATIONS
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Secure erase will not work on drives connected through
the USB, FireWire, or PCIe ports.
For SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives, Secure Erase sends
a ‘Format’ command. For SATA (Serial
-ATA) drives,
Secure Erase sends a ‘Security Erase Unit’ command. For
SATA drives that support ‘Enhanced Security Erase Unit’
commands, the enhanced command will be sent. For
questions on how each drive supports these features, or
what the drive will do with these commands, please
contact the drive manufacturer.
5.3.2.2 Wipe Patterns
This setting allows the user to set a specific wipe pattern or patterns to
use for wiping the drive. The number of passes is customizable (up to 7
passes) along with the type of data written for each pass. In addition, a 7-
pass DoD wipe can be set with pre-selected pass values.
There are 4 selections when setting a wipe pattern:
•
MODE
•
HPA/DCO
•
LBAS
•
PASSES
It is recommended to use the same capacity drives
per task. When smaller capacity drives are wiped
together with larger capacity drives, the smaller
drives will finish first. However, the ports will not
be available until the entire task is finished.
5.3.2.2.1 Mode
Selecting
Mode
will open the Wipe Mode screen
showing the following options:
•
NONE
–
Choosing this will instruct the unit not
to perform a wipe using Wipe Mode.
