[cisco-voip] OT/FYI: Using DBAN to wipe data on HP DL380s

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

For those of you who have requirements to wipe data off of disks before decommissioning them, this may be useful (if you didn't already know about it). Apparently, the latest version of DBAN does not recognize the SmartArray controllers and you need to use an old version in order to make things work. 



reference: 

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1265139762899+28353475&threadId=1390222 



Hi, 

Recent versions of DBAN don't include the cciss driver needed to recognise the SmartArray controller in the ProLiants and doesn't officially support any RAID cards, if memory serves. 

You could try hooking the drives up to a SCSI interface instead, or try using one of the older versions from here: 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/ 

which did have the cciss driver. 

I seem to recall using 1.0.6 on a ProLiant in the dim and distant past, although you may want to try some of the others... 


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