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Using Instant Secure Erase on a Physical Drive

Use the command in the following table to perform an instant secure erase of data on a physical drive. The Instant Secure Erase feature lets you erase data on SED drives.

Table 11. Use Instant Secure Erase on a Physical Drive

Convention

MegaCli -PDInstantSecureErase -PhysDrv[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] | [-Force] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL

Description

Erases the data on a specified drive or drives.

-PDInstantSecureErase: Use the Instant Secure Erase feature to erase data on a drive or drives.

-PhysDrv[E0:S0,...]: Specifies the drives on which you want to perform the Instant Secure Erase.

-Force: Specifies that the MegaCLI utility does not ask you for confirmation before it performs this command (you might lose data using this option with some commands).

NOTE  Previously -szXXX expressed capacity in MB, but now you can enter the capacity in your choice of units. For example, to create a virtual drive of 10 GB, enter the size as sz10GB. If you do not enter a unit, MB is used as the default unit.