Sanitization with UEFI System Utilities

Review the sanitization policies and guidelines in this guide before sanitizing an HPE Persistent Memory module.

Procedure
  1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Memory Options > Persistent Memory Options > PMM Options > Sanitize Options, and select the following:
    • Sanitize/Erase Operation on Reboot:

      • No Action

      • Cryptographic Erase

      • Overwrite Media

      • Cryptographic Erase and Overwrite Media

    • Policy after Sanitize/Erase Operation on Reboot:

      • Sanitize/Erase and Reboot System

      • Sanitize/Erase and Power System Off

      • Sanitize/Erase and Reboot to System Utilities

      • Sanitize/Erase to Factory Defaults and Power System Off

  2. Enable the Perform Sanitize/Erase Operation on selection.
  3. Select the HPE Persistent Memory modules to sanitize:

    • All PMMs in the System—Sanitizes all HPE Persistent Memory modules in the server.

    • All PMMs on Processor X—Sanitizes all HPE Persistent Memory modules on the specified processor.

    • Processor X DIMM Y—Sanitizes only the specified HPE Persistent Memory module on the processor.

  4. To save your changes and exit, press the F12 key.
  5. If required, reboot the server.