Users guide

Intel® RAID Software User Guide 92
Note: Non-U.S. keyboard users must be careful not to enter DBCS characters in the
Security Key field. The firmware works with the ASCII character set only.
7.9.3 Disabling Drive Security
If you disable drive security, your existing data is not secure and you cannot create any
new secure virtual drives. Disabling drive security does not affect data security on foreign
drives. If you removed any drives that were previously secured, you still need to enter the
password when you import them. Otherwise, you cannot access the data on those drives.
If there are any secure drive groups on the controller, you cannot disable drive security. A
warning dialog appears if you attempt to do so. To disable drive security, you first must
delete the virtual drives on all the secure drive groups.
Perform the following steps to disable drive security:
1. In the VD
Mgmt screen, navigate to the controller, and press the F2 key.
2. Navigate to Drive Se
curity, and press Enter.
3. Select Disable
Security.
A message box appears.
4. To disable drive security, press Ye
s to delete the security key.
Note: If you disable dr
ive security, you cannot create any new encrypted virtual
drives and the data on all encrypted unconfigured drives will be erased.
Disabling drive security does not affect the security or data of foreign drives.
7.9.4 Importing or Clearing a Foreign Configuration
A foreign configuration is a RAID configuration that already exists on a replacement set
of drives that you install in a computer system. You can use the Ctrl-R Utility to import
the foreign configuration to the RAID controller or to clear the foreign configuration so
that you can create a new configuration by using these drives.
To import a foreign configuration, you must perform the following tasks:
• Enable security to permit importation of locked foreign configurations. You can
import unsecured or unlocked configurations when security is disabled.
• If a locked foreign configuration is present and security is enabled, enter the
security key, and unlock the configuration.
• Import the foreign configuration.
If one or more drives are removed from a configurat
ion, by a cable pull or drive removal
for example, the configuration on those drives is considered a foreign configuration by the
RAID controller.