HD, SSD should be connected directly to the controller, not USB bridge or hardware RAID controller.
Use live Linux CD or USB with hdparm installed. CentOS 7 does not contain it so you can install hdparm with:
yum install hdparm -y
Boot to Linux and run the following commands as root (can use sudo if needed):
fdisk -l (then determine what disk should be sanitized, sda or sdb, etc.)
hdparm -I /dev/sda (if this should be sda, command displays disk status and you can determine if the drive is frozen or not)
If it is frozen, disconnect it for a moment and then reconnect and run:
hdparm -I /dev/sda
Then set temporary password "p" to issue the secure erase command.
hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass p /dev/sda
Run:
hdparm -I /dev/sda
to see if the security level is high.
Issue secure erase command (for drives supporting nhanced Security Erase):
hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced p /dev/sda
If it does not support use:
hdparm --user-master u --security-erase p /dev/sda
Wait an estimated amount of time.
You can run:
hdparm -I /dev/sda
just to see if secure erase command did reset the password and the security back to the default level.