ironic-python-agent/releasenotes/notes/adds-smartctl-ata-check-to-secure-erase-caebba4f25821575.yaml
Julia Kreger aef703b879 Refuse secure erase if ATA command does not work
Adds dependency upon smartmontools's binary smartctl to
query the block devices via ATA mode which fails on pass-thru
buses such as ATA over SCSI and ATA over USB, in an effort
to prevent the initiation of ATA secure erase with one
of these interfaces in place which may render the disk
unreachable after security options are enabled for
ATA Secure Erase or upon the Secure Erase command being
sent to the Hard Disk.

Change-Id: I7635a197eb000650e919fac386b38ac15ef17041
Story: #2002546
Task: #22109
Depends-On: Ibbfd168844524d91927bdd6e67d973e0bd519bf2
2018-06-28 18:38:10 +00:00

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Adds an additional check if the ``smartctl`` utility is present from the
``smartmontools`` package, which performs an ATA disk specific check that
should prevent ATA Secure Erase from being performed if a pass-thru
device is detected that requires a non-ATA command signling sequence.
Devices such as these can be `smart` disk interfaces such as
RAID controllers and USB disk adapters, which can cause failures
when attempting to Secure Erase, which may render the disk unreachable.