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October 28th, 2024 05:00
Wiping data of U.2 NVMe SSD from PowerStore 1000X, without 1000X
Hello.
Is there a way to wipe the data of the U.2 NVMe SSD mounted on the PowerStore 1000X?
I am operating one PowerStore 1000T and one Powerstore 1000X in Korea. The 1000X has a firmware failure, so I am going to take it to the after-sales service center in Korea. More precisely, the internal hypervisor that runs PowerOS is not working. The problem is that according to our company policy, I must receive data wiping if I want to take the hard disk out.
The SSD model number is MZ-WLJ3T8A. As you know, U.2 NVMe SSD is only used in the latest servers, so I think it will not be installed and compatible with general-purpose PCs. In fact, I tried to recognize the SSD with an adapter on a general-purpose PC, but it did not work well. Also, Dell Korea said that they do not know how to do it.
I have PowerStore 1000T and Dell R450 server. Can I wipe the data by installing them or by purchasing a new PCI module?
If there is no way to wipe the data, here are the countermeasures I can think of:
1. Purchase a new SSD of the same model and send it to the after-sales service center with the 1000X hardware for firmware installation and initialization.
2. Add the SSD from the 1000X to the PowerStore 1000T and reuse it.
Thanks
Origin3k
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October 28th, 2024 09:26
Dell PowerStore runs D@are by default and PowerStore Disks are always SED (Self Encrypted) and without your Recoverykey i would say nobody can extract your data back into a usable format.
Please ask Dell about that.
I use a couple of (Non Dell) U2. PCIe Adapter cards in my Dell Servers and i cant see a reason why they shouldnt work in a PC too.
Regards,
Joerg
Chino de Oro
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October 28th, 2024 05:49
If you have access to Dell fixed workstations with NVMe flexbay, those can read and wipe U.2 SSD.
For instant, Precision 5820, 7820, 7920.
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khlee0099
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February 27th, 2025 00:46
@Origin3k
Hi, thank you for your reply.
Despite your kind reply, my company policy is that I had to explicitly erase the data. I found out how to do it and was able to initialize the disk and erase the data with a tool called sedutil.
However, I was not able to initialize the nvme nvram used for cache. I am looking into this. Since it does not use opal 2.0, I think it uses its own protocol.
khlee0099
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February 27th, 2025 00:52
@Chino de Oro
Hi, thank you for your kind reply.
I was able to access the SSD by inserting the U.2 Nvme PCie card into my regular PC. Although it was locked, I was able to unlock it with the sedutil tool. I was able to find the value called PSID on the front of the SSD and initialize and erase the data using the `--PSIDrevert` option.