How do I reformat the second hard drive in the Mac Mini Server (Late 2012)?

In Disk Utility, I don't see the second hard drive, I only see the SSD that I installed myself in the main boot drive. How do I gain access to  reformat the second drive?

Did you reinstall the OS after you installed the SSD?
If so it would have created a Fusion drive that looks like one drive.
If you go to System Report, what shows under the SATA bus? You should see both the SSD and the HD if it is recognized to some degree.

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