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

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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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