To locate Encrypt Host Physical Disk in Storage Management

About this task

To locate this task in storage management, complete the following steps:

Steps

  1. In the Server Administrator window, under the System panel, expand Storage to display the storage components.
  2. Expand the controller object.
  3. Expand the connector object.
  4. Expand Enclosure (Backplane).
  5. Click Physical Disks.
  6. Select Encrypt from the Tasks drop-down menu of the Physical Disk you want to encrypt.
    NOTE: The task is supported only when the Physical Disk is in Non-RAID state.
  7. Click Execute.
    After the task is completed, the Alert Log is populated.

Results

When the execution of the encrypt task is completed, the Non-RAID Physical Disk is encrypted and the property Encrypted is set to Yes. Encrypt host Physical Disk task is supported only on PERC 12 and later controllers.