HP Enterprise 500 manual 52Preboot menu options 2

Table 3-52Preboot menu options (2 of 5)

Menu option	First level	Second level	Third level	Description
Administrator	Manage	Clear Disk		Select the Clear Disk item to enable an external device for
continued	Disk			job storage. Job storage is normally enabled only for the
				Boot device. This will be grayed out unless the 99.09.68
				error is displayed.
		Lock Disk		Select the Lock Disk item to lock (mate) a new secure disk
				to this product.
				The secure disk already locked to this product will remain
				accessible to this product. Use this function to have more
				then one encrypted disk accessible by the product when
				using them interchangeably.
				The data stored on the secure disk locked to this product
				always remains accessible to this product.
		Leave		Select the Leave Unlocked item to use a new secure disk
		Unlocked		in an unlocked mode for single service event. The secure
				disk that is already locked to this product will remain
				accessible to this product and uses the old disk's encryption
				password with the new disk.
				The secure disk that is already locked to this product remains
				accessible to this product.
		Clear		Select the Clear Password item to continue using the non-
		Password		secure disk and clear the password associated with the yet
				to be installed secure disk.
				CAUTION: Data on the missing secure disk will be
				permanently inaccessible.
		Retain		Select the Retain Password item to use the non-secure
		Password		disk for this session only, and then search for the missing
				secure disk in future sessions.
		Boot Device	Secure Erase	Select the Secure Erase item to erase all of the data on the
				disk and unlock it if required.
				This might take a long time.
				NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
				are reinstalled. ATA secure-erase command one pass over
				write. Erases entire disk including firmware. The disk
				remains an encrypted disk.
			Erase and	Select the Erase and Unlock item to cryptographically
			Unlock	erase all data on disk and unlock the disk to allow access to
				it from any product.
				NOTE: The system will be unusable until the system files
				are reinstalled. Erases the crypto key. The disk becomes a
				non-encrypted disk.
			Get Status	This item provides disk status information if any is available.

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