HP ProLiant SL4540 HP Intelligent Provisioning User Guide - Page 43

Erase, Erase Selected, Confirm Erase, confirm, cancel

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Erase Use the Erase Utility to clear hard drives and the Active Health System logs, and to reset RBSU settings. CAUTION: Based on your selections in this utility, the Erase Utility erases data from the specified areas of the system. Existing data and system configuration settings are lost. Do Not Erase Perform Reset Secure Erase Mode All Hard Drives Does not erase any hard drive operations. Erases the master boot Performs an overwrite record of the hard drives, so pattern erase, so no data is they are no longer bootable. recoverable.1 Active Health System log Does not erase AHS logs. Mounts AHS partitions and Not an available option. erases all files in the partition. 2 RBSU Does not reset RBSU settings. Resets the RBSU settings to Not an available option. default. 1 Hard Drive Secure Erases may take hours, or, for larger drives, days to complete. This is expected behavior for this thorough erase procedure. 2 For an RBSU password protected server, AHS logs are not reset. After making the appropriate selections, click Erase Selected. A Confirm Erase window appears, prompting you to confirm or cancel the Erase. Performing maintenance 43

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Erase
Use the Erase Utility to clear hard drives and the Active Health System logs, and to reset RBSU
settings.
CAUTION:
Based on your selections in this utility, the Erase Utility erases data from the specified
areas of the system. Existing data and system configuration settings are lost.
Secure Erase Mode
Perform Reset
Do Not Erase
Performs an overwrite
pattern erase, so no data is
recoverable.
1
Erases the master boot
record of the hard drives, so
they are no longer bootable.
Does not erase any hard
drive operations.
All Hard Drives
Not an available option.
Mounts AHS partitions and
erases all files in the
partition.
2
Does not erase AHS logs.
Active Health System log
Not an available option.
Resets the RBSU settings to
default.
Does not reset RBSU settings.
RBSU
1
Hard Drive Secure Erases may take hours, or, for larger drives, days to complete. This is expected behavior for this
thorough erase procedure.
2
For an RBSU password protected server, AHS logs are not reset.
After making the appropriate selections, click
Erase Selected
.A
Confirm Erase
window appears,
prompting you to
confirm
or
cancel
the Erase.
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