Wireless enabled secure storage drive
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorChristopher Nicholas Allo
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Abstract
Systems and methods for wireless enabled security in relation to a storage drive are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include receiving, at a storage drive, a request from a host of the storage drive. In some cases, the request may be received via a wired connection between the storage drive and the host. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may include determining whether the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, processing the request upon determining the request is not flagged as a secure connection request, and establishing a wireless connection with the host upon determining the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request.
Claims16
A storage system comprising:
- a storage drive;
- a controller to receive a request from a host of the storage drive, and determine the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, the request being received by the controller via a wired connection between the storage drive and the host, the controller comprising a hardware controller of the storage drive, the host comprising a machine enclosing the storage drive, the secure connection request requesting the storage drive establish a secure wireless connection between the host and the storage drive in addition to the wired connection between the storage drive and the host;
- a wireless circuit within the storage drive to establish a wireless connection between the storage drive and the host upon the controller determining the request is flagged by the host as the secure connection request;
- and establish, over the wireless connection, the secure wireless connection between the storage drive and the host upon verifying a security element included in the request.
An apparatus comprising:
- a controller to:
- receive a request from a host of the apparatus, the request being received by the controller via a wired connection between the apparatus and the host, the controller comprising a hardware controller of the apparatus, the host comprising a machine enclosing a storage drive;
- determine the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, the secure connection request requesting the storage drive establish a secure wireless connection between the host and the storage drive in addition to the wired connection between the storage drive and the host;
- establish, via a wireless circuit within the apparatus, a wireless connection between the apparatus and the host upon the controller determining the request is flagged by the host as the secure connection request;
- and establish, over the wireless connection, the secure wireless connection between the storage drive and the host upon verifying a security element included in the request.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a hardware controller of a storage drive, a request from a host of the storage drive, the request being received via a wired connection between the storage drive and the host, the host comprising a machine enclosing the storage drive;
- determining, by the hardware controller, whether the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, the secure connection request requesting the storage drive establish a secure wireless connection between the host and the storage drive in addition to the wired connection between the storage drive and the host;
- processing, by the hardware controller, the request upon determining the request is not flagged as a secure connection request;
- establishing, by the hardware controller, a wireless connection between the storage drive and the host upon determining the request is flagged by the host as the secure connection request;
- and establishing, over the wireless connection, the secure wireless connection between the storage drive and the host upon verifying a security element included in the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.