Secure data deletion for a SAS attached disk drive or solid-state drive with RAID format

Use stand-alone diagnostics to complete secure data deletion for SAS attached disk drives or solid-state drives with RAID format.

Before you begin

For system and stand-alone diagnostic requirements, see Secure data deletion for devices by using stand-alone diagnostics.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the firmware of the PCIe3 SAS RAID adapter that controls the SAS attached disk drive or solid-state drive with RAID format has firmware level 19512900, or later. To download and install the I/O adapter firmware, see Getting I/O adapter and device firmware fixes.
    Notes:
    • If the device is in an IBM® i 7.2 partition, adapter firmware level 19512900 is available in PTF MF67086.
    • If the device is in an IBM i 7.3 partition, adapter firmware level 19512900 is available in PTF MF67087.
    • If the device is in an IBM i 7.4 partition, adapter firmware level 19512900 is available in PTF MF67089.
  2. Ensure that the SAS attached disk drive or solid-state drive is not part of a RAID array.
  3. If the device is in an IBM i partition and if you do not know the location code of the device, go to Getting the location code for a device in an IBM i partition by using the resource name of the device and record the location code of the device.
  4. Power off the system. For instruction, see Stopping a system.
  5. Boot the system from stand-alone diagnostics. For information about running stand-alone diagnostics, see Running the stand-alone hardware diagnostics.
  6. From the Welcome to AIX screen, type 1 to select the terminal that you are using as the system console.
  7. From the Diagnostics Operating Instructions menu, press Enter to continue.
  8. From the Function Selection menu, type 3 to select Task Selection.
  9. From the Define Terminal menu, enter a terminal type.
    Note: If you are using a remote terminal connection such as PuTTY, use either the VT320 or VT340 terminal emulation.
  10. If the device is from an IBM i partition, use the location code that you recorded in step 3 and follow the Getting the AIX resource name for a device by using the location code in stand-alone diagnostics procedure to record the pdisk name (disk drive or solid-state drive with RAID format).
  11. From the Task Selection List, select the RAID Array Manager option.
  12. From the RAID Array Manager menu, select the IBM SAS Disk Array Manager option.
  13. From the IBM SAS Disk Array Manager menu, select the Diagnostics and Recovery Options.
  14. From the Diagnostics and Recovery Options menu, select the Format Physical Disk Media (pdisk) option.
  15. From the Available Controllers window, select the PCIe3 SAS RAID adapter that controls the disk drive or solid-state drive for which you want to complete secure data deletion.
    Note: If you do not know which PCIe3 SAS RAID adapter controls the disk drive or solid-state drive, select each PCIe3 SAS RAID adapter, one at a time, until the Format Physical Disk Media (pdisk) window displays the pdisk name (disk drive or solid-state drive with RAID format) for the drive that you want to complete secure data deletion.
  16. From the Format Physical Disk Media (pdisk) window, select the pdisk (disk drive or solid-state drive with RAID format) to format.
  17. From the Are You Sure window, press Enter to continue with the format operation.
  18. When the format operation completes successfully, the secure data deletion of the selected disk drive or solid-state drive is complete.