To use the Drive Security feature, you can create an internal security key that is shared by the controllers and secure-capable drives in the storage array. Internal keys are maintained on the controller's persistent memory.
About this task
In this task, you define an identifier and a pass phrase to associate with the internal security key.
Note: The pass phrase for Drive Security is independent from the storage array's Administrator password.
Result
You can now create secure-enabled volume groups or pools, or you can enable security on existing volume groups and pools.
Note: Whenever power to the drives is turned off and then on again, all the secure-enabled drives change to a Security Locked state. In this state, the data is inaccessible until the controller applies the correct security key during drive initialization. If someone physically removes a locked drive and installs it in another system, the Security Locked state prevents unauthorized access to its data.
After you finish
You should validate the security key to make sure the key file is not corrupted.