Removing The G500 From Service - GE Multilin G500 Instruction Manual

G500 Substation Gateway
Chapter 7: Removing the G500 from
Service
Remove configuration data and sensitive
information from the G500
G500 SUBSTATION GATEWAY INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Removing the G500 from Service

When the G500 is to be removed from service, it is necessary to:
• Remove the configuration data and sensitive information from:
– The G500
– The PC used to remotely configure the G500
• Dispose of the equipment.
In the event that it is necessary to remove the configuration data and sensitive information
from the G500 (for example, the G500 is being disposed of or being returned for
maintenance [i.e., RMA]), this chapter provides the data removal procedure.
To remove configuration data and sensitive information from the G500:
1. For an RMA: Remove the Solid State Drive (SSD) from the G500 using the reverse of the
SSD installation procedure found earlier in this manual; send the G500 unit to GE and
safekeep the drive. If the drive is faulty, GE recommends destroying the old drive as
per NIST* recommendations.
2. For hardware decommissioning and disposal: Remove the G500 Solid State Drive. GE
recommends that you destroy the drive as per NIST* recommendations.
* Publication 800-88 Revision 1. Guidelines for Media Sanitization, Recommendations of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology:
http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-88r1.pdf
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