Format/Erase Utility for Intel S3500 SSD's?

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IamSpartacus

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I'm trying to completely erase the Intel S3500 SSD's I got before I add them to my vSAN datastore (vSAN likes completely empty drives). I've tried by sg_format and hdparm secure erase and both throw errors at me.

Sg_format gives me the following output:

"format unit: Fixed format, current; Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Invalid field in cdb
Format command, illegal parameter
FORMAT failed"


hdparm just gives me "SECURITY_ERASE: Input/output error" when I try to do a secure erase.

Any ideas?
 

T_Minus

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Win7+Intel Toolbox & Secure Erase
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Windows# + "FOrmat/Partition Disk" then do a "Full" format not quick.
 

IamSpartacus

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Win7+Intel Toolbox & Secure Erase
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Windows# + "FOrmat/Partition Disk" then do a "Full" format not quick.
Was hoping to not have to install Windows and just erase all of them from the Linux Live boot cd...

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nthu9280

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I'm having similar issue. I tried Secure erase and still getting the error. Any

Code:
/dev/sdb:
Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="****", user=user

real    1m50.010s
user    0m0.000s
sys    0m0.002s



Code:
[root@centos7-01 ~]# sg_format -vvv -w --format /dev/sdb
open /dev/sdb with flags=0x802
    inquiry cdb: 12 00 00 00 24 00
      duration=0 ms
    ATA       INTEL SSDSC2BA40  2270   peripheral_type: disk [0x0]
      PROTECT=0
    mode sense (10) cdb: 5a 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00
      duration=1 ms
    mode sense (10): pass-through requested 252 bytes but got 28 bytes
    mode sense (10): response
        00 1a 00 10 00 00 00 08  00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00
        01 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00
Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes:
  Number of blocks=0 [0x0]
  Block size=512 [0x200]

A FORMAT will commence in 10 seconds
    ALL data on /dev/sdb will be DESTROYED
        Press control-C to abort
A FORMAT will commence in 5 seconds
    ALL data on /dev/sdb will be DESTROYED
        Press control-C to abort
    format cdb: 04 18 00 00 00 00
    format parameter list:
        00 00 00 00
      duration=0 ms
format unit:  Fixed format, current;  Sense key: Illegal Request
Additional sense: Invalid field in cdb
Raw sense data (in hex):
        70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a  00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00
        00 00                                           
Format command, illegal parameter
FORMAT failed
 
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This says to only perform a secure erase if the drive is connected directly to a SATA port. Is this the case? My drives are all connected via SAS.
Hi, what SAS controller are you using? If a MegaRAID one, it may be blocking the secure erase command. Some of the RAID cards that support SED drives do this as a security safe guard.

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IamSpartacus

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Hi, what SAS controller are you using? If a MegaRAID one, it may be blocking the secure erase command. Some of the RAID cards that support SED drives do this as a security safe guard.

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LSI2116 which comes with the new FlexATX SuperMicro Xeon D boards.
 
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LSI2116 which comes with the new FlexATX SuperMicro Xeon D boards.
Ah, so probably the same P19 version on mine, IT firmware... I will ping some people I know to see if they have any insight. I have heard mention of hdparm security pass thru commands, but those were conversations about current gen 12Gb silicon, using MegaRAID. It may take a few days to get feedback though.

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