Performing maintenance
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applying random patterns in a three-pass process. These block devices include drives attached to the server. Depending
on the amount of storage installed on a system, the overwrite process can take many hours or even days to complete. Use
this method to select and erase drives on the system that didn't support the native sanitize methods used by One-button
secure erase.
System Erase and Reset options
The following table includes the options in the System Erase and Reset menu and a description of what selecting each
option will do.
Option Description
All Hard Drives and Solid State Drives Erase all hard drives and solid state drives on this server.
NOTE:
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Only supported in F10 mode, not supported in Always On Intelligent
Provisioning.
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When there is no hard drive or solid state drive installed in the system, then
this function will become unavailable.
•
A hard drive or solid state drive attached to a software RAID controller
cannot be erased.
Secure Erase
Writes a data pattern over all drive sectors. This action might take several hours.
NOTE:
Only available if you select
All Hard Drives
.
Intelligent Provisioning Preferences Clear Intelligent Provisioning preferences.
Active Health System logs
Clears all AHS log files.
Creating a RAID configuration with SSA
Using Smart Storage Administrator (SSA)
SSA provides high-availability configuration, management, and diagnostic capabilities for all Smart Array products.
SSA features
SSA is a browser-based utility that runs in either offline or online mode. SSA:
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Supports online array capacity expansion, logical drive extension, assignment of online spares, and RAID or stripe size
migration.
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Suggests the optimum configuration for an unconfigured system.
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Provides different operating modes, enabling faster configuration or greater control over the configuration options.
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Displays on-screen tips for individual steps of a configuration procedure.
In SSA, you can select a controller from the menu at the top left-hand side of the screen, or you can choose to configure or
diagnose an available controller from the same menu.
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