Steps to unlock drives on Intel® RST
Unable to unlock drives using Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST)
Locked (status) indicates that at least one array disk is locked with a password. The volume is visible because at least one other array disk is unlocked.
Unlocking password-protected disks
You can unlock a password-protected disk by entering the password, which allows you to access data or use that disk to create a volume.
The password is set up through the system BIOS. Locked disks can be identified with the lock icon appended to them and display a Locked status in the disk properties.
Steps through the BIOS
In this state, the overall storage system health is still reported as normal, but we recommend that you unlock the disks to make the volume data fully accessible.
Follow this procedures to unlock a disk:
- Click Unlock.
- Enter the password and click Unlock.
- Repeat this procedure for all locked disks included in the volume in order to unlock the volume.
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