Secure Wipe Configuration Notes and Considerations

  • Only a user with Super User level privileges can perform secure wipe.
  • SSH and Telnet sessions cannot be used to perform secure wipe because prints are displayed only on the console.
  • Secure wipe is not supported in a stacking environment. To perform secure wipe, you must disable the stack by removing the stack configuration.
  • Powering down or power cycling the device during secure wipe may cause the device to fail and it will fail to reboot.
  • Powering down or power cycling the device during secure wipe may cause a failure to connect to the cloud because of the loss of the TPM keys.
  • If both the primary unified forwarding image (UFI) and the secondary UFI do not exist, secure wipe will be aborted.
  • If the UFI in flash memory is from a release prior to FastIron 09.0.10, secure wipe will be aborted.
  • If FIPS is enabled, it will be disabled forcibly and automatically during secure wipe.
  • Secure wipe is limited to the addressable range of memory.

Parent topic: Secure Wipe