Users guide

217 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
This feature enables authentication key management for data security protection for Self
Encrypting Drives (SED), auto-lock, and instant erase of self-encrypting drives.
• It transparently auto-locks Volumes; Volumes are automatically locked when
powered down.
• It provides secure data when a drive is misplaced, failed, experiencing drive theft,
experiencing Server theft “Smash and Grab”.
• It provides Instant Secure Erase: Before returning leased Drives; Before
redeploying with the datacenter.
• It helps reduce risk of data being compromised when drives eventually leave the
data center.
• It significantly reduces the cost and time of repurposing or retiring drives.
• It is 100% transparent to storage systems and end users; appears the same as
traditional non-encrypting drives; operates at full drive speed - No impact to
performance; automatically encrypts or decrypts all data.
The following steps describe
the steps to use Full Disk Encryption feature:
• Enable this feature within the Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2.
• Build a logical volume containing Self-Encrypting Disks.
• Specify that the volume be secured.
Detailed steps are as follows:
1. Select the RAID controller and choose P
hysical tab in the left panel of Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2. Check Drive Security Properties in the right panel to see
whether the RAID controller is Drive Security capable.