1.3 Self-Encrypting Hard Disk Requirements

Self-encrypting disks are any disks that provide hardware-based encryption. When used with ZENworks Full Disk Encryption, self-encrypting disks must meet the following requirements:

Item

Requirements

Disks

  • Self-encrypting hard disks that comply with the Trusted Computing Group OPAL 2.0 specification. For detailed information, see ZENworks 11 SP4 Full Disk Encryption Self-Encrypting Drive Support.

  • Encryption of both standard and self-encrypting hard disks in the same device is not supported. A device can have standard disks or it can have self-encrypting disks, but it cannot have both.

System Disk

  • The system disk (operating system) must be Disk0.

Disk Space

  • 140 MB of free disk space on the system disk (Disk0) for ZENworks Full Disk Encryption software files.