TYPES OF OPERATIONS
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10G™ User’s Manual
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For SATA drives, Secure Erase sends a ‘Security Erase Unit’ command. If the
SATA drives supports the ‘Enhanced Security Erase Unit’ command, the
enhanced command will be sent.
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Since Secure Erase is controlled by the drive, for questions on how each drive
supports these features, or what the drive will do with these commands,
please contact the drive manufacturer.
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Secure Erase will not work on drives connected through the USB or
Thunderbolt ports.
5.4.2.2 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:
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MODE
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HPA/DCO
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LBAS
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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.
5.4.2.2.1 Mode
Selecting
Mode
will open the Wipe Mode screen showing the following options:
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NONE
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Choosing this will instruct the unit not to perform a wipe using
Wipe Mode.
