7 Blancco 24 Bay Drive Eraser
• If the system still doesn’t recognize some drives, shutdown the system, connect the drives and boot
it with the drives already connected.
1.4 Drive activity LED - Logic
Drive activity LEDs shows the status of the drive’s activity. The drive LED’s activity logic can greatly differ
between drive types and manufacturer.
In some troubleshooting cases, the drive needs achieve stable state (drive has activated, no unusual
read/write activity).
In majority of the cases the drive is stable when the LED shows:
• SAS drive – Purple LED is either on/steady on or off and not blinking.
• SATA drive – Purple LED is off.
1.5 Settings-window
The “Settings” window can be accessed via the button “Settings” (in the header area) or by pressing F3. This
window provides some general settings (more information is available on the Drive Eraser’s user manual).
• If the appliance is running with the “Drive Eraser + Management Console” mode, only two tabs will
be visible: “General” and “Wired network”. The latter tab can be configured if the appliance is
connected to a network to allow the Blancco technicians accessing remotely the appliance for
troubleshooting purposes.
• If the appliance is running with the “Drive Eraser Only” mode, five tabs will be visible: “General”,
“Network”, “Wired network”, “Wireless network”, “Management Console”. The latter tab must be
configured to connect to an external MC or to Blancco Cloud.
The Drive Eraser settings available from the user interface (“Setting” window and erasure options) are stored
on the local drive and will be remembered if the appliance is rebooted.
1.6 Other Information
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). If you are not sure whether to erase the information on the drive, please contact your system
operator, information management or a corresponding party, which maintains the computers in your
organization. For future use of the erased computer, an operating system must be installed. Data that has
been erased from a data storage device with this program cannot be recovered by any existing method.
Warning! Shutting the computer down, exiting the program, disconnecting the drive(s) or pausing/cancelling
the process when Drive Eraser is performing an erasure on the drive(s) with NIST 800-88 Purge, NIST 800-
88 Clear, Cryptographic Erasure ATA, BSI-GS/E, (Extended) Firmware based erasure or Blancco SSD
Erasure, can permanently damage the drive(s). This also applies to any erasure when remapped sectors
exist on the selected drive and the “Erase remapped sectors” option is checked.
Note. In a general way, you should avoid shutting down the computer, exiting the program or disconnecting
any drive while erasing it with any standard. This is because all erasure information will be lost and the drive
may result damaged.
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