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Whenever the power is turned off and turned on again, all of the security- enabled physical disks change to a security locked state. In this state, the data is inaccessible until the correct security key is provided by a RAID controller module.

You can view the self encrypting disk status of any physical disk in the storage array from the Physical Disk Properties dialog. The status information reports whether the physical disk is:

•Security Capable

•Secure—Security enabled or disabled

•Read/Write Accessible—Security locked or unlocked

You can view the self encrypting disk status of any disk group in the storage array. The status information reports whether the storage array is:

•Security Capable

•Secure

The following table shows how to interpret the security status of a disk group

Table 10-1. Interpretation of Security Status of Disk Group

Secure Security Capable - Yes Security Capable - No

Yes	The disk group is composed of all
	SED physical disks and is in a
	Secure state.
No	The disk group is composed of all
	SED physical disks and is in a
	Non-Secure state.

Not applicable. Only SED physical disks can be in a Secure state.

The disk group is not entirely composed of SED physical disks.

The Physical Disk Security menu appears in the Storage Array menu. The Physical Disk Security menu has these options:

•Create Security Key

•Change Security Key

•Save Security Key File

•Validate Security Key

•Unlock Drives

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Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks