format local disk UCS blade server

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06-21-2015 05:25 AM - edited 03-01-2019 12:14 PM
Hi
How could I format the local HDD of UCS blade server B200M4 using UCSM ?
I heard some body said that we can do that using scrub policy and the RAID type to no RAID, I could not accept that but I tried and failed
thanks
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06-23-2015 04:51 AM
Hi,
B420 M3 Server Does Not Support All Configuration Modes
The B420 M3 server does not support the following configuration modes in a local disk configuration policy:
- No RAID
- RAID 6 Striped Dual Parity
In addition, the B420 M3 does not support JBOD modes or oper

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06-23-2015 05:59 AM
Hi isaac,
thanks for reply
but let me clarify what I'm asking about
my question about a general procedures used to format and HDD in any UCS blade server
my blade is B200M4, and I could not find a method in UCSM to format it as I need to delete the ESXi on it
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06-24-2015 04:37 AM
Hi Hafez,
Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got it.................. Right now what type of raid configuration do you configured over there...?
Did you Changed the RAID conf into Any conf....
Sometime we cant format through the UCSM,So that we have to do it from webBIOS controller of the server.
Before loading OS you have to hit the clr+H u will get the webios screen....

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06-24-2015 01:50 PM
Config a disk scrub policy for the disks:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/2-0/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_0/b_UCSM_GUI_Configuration_Guide_2_0_chapter_011100.html#d129007e4747a1635
Scrub Policy
This policy determines what happens to local data and to the BIOS settings on a server during the discovery process and when the server is disassociated from a service profile. Depending upon how you configure a scrub policy, the following can occur at those times:
