Repurpose NetApp H610s-4

dlowe — Sun, 03 May 2026 05:54:31 GMT

We have decommissioned all of our NetApp H610s-4 nodes since they are coming up eol for support. We wanted to use them in a test/dev environment as ESXi hosts with vSan. Sadly, after removing these and the MNodes we discovered we cannot use the drives in these systems. They appear to be locked. I tried several ways to try unlocking the drives with nvme-cli and other similar tools but I have not come across a way to unlock them. Our maintenance support has lapsed so I cannot download the Element Software to try RTFI and I cannot log into Ember directly since the MNode is offline.

Are there any known methods or nvme-cli commands that work to unlock these drives? Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Re: Repurpose NetApp H610s-4

elementx — Sun, 03 May 2026 18:17:38 GMT

Not many at NetApp repurpose those for use with vSAN (probably no one does), so I don't think you'll find a KB, but I'd try to boot from a "live CD" with Linux and see if `hdparm` can be used to wipe those disks.

https://community.netapp.com/t5/SolidFire-and-HCI/SolidFire-cluster-secure-erase/m-p/435959

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