Securing pre-existing virtual disks, Importing or clearing secured foreign, Configurations and secure disk migration – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H700 User Manual

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Security Key and RAID Management

Securing Pre-Existing Virtual Disks

If an unsecured virtual disk was created on a controller, you can secure the

virtual disk as long as the following conditions are met:

• The controller has a security key present.
• All the physical disks in the virtual disk are SED.

Perform the following steps when securing a pre-existing virtual disk on a

secured controller:

1 During the host system bootup, press <Ctrl><R> when the BIOS screen

is displayed.
The

Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed.

If there is more than one controller, the main menu screen is displayed.

2 Select a controller, and press <Enter>.

The

Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed for the selected controller.

3 Use the arrow keys to highlight the Disk Group number.
4 Press <F2> to display a menu of the available actions.
5 Highlight the Secure Disk Group option and press <Enter>.

NOTE:

If you select to secure a Disk Group, all virtual disks part of the Disk

Group are secured.

Importing or Clearing Secured Foreign Configurations and Secure Disk

Migration

Secured virtual disks created on a PERC H700 or H800 card can be migrated

to another PERC H700 or H800 card. A virtual disk secured with a local

security key different from the current controller security key cannot be

imported without authentication of the original passphrase used to secure

them.
When importing secured virtual disk(s) created with a different security key,

the secured foreign configuration(s) do not show in the Foreign

Configuration View screen. Follow the steps below to import or clear a

foreign secured virtual disk.

NOTE:

If you are importing secured and unsecured virtual disks, you are prompted

to resolve the secured foreign configuration first.

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