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Securing SEDs behind a HBA controllers with a passthrough mechanism using BMC

US12147589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Deepu Syam Sreedhar M · Port Blair, IN
Chandrashekar Nelogal · Round Rock, US
Marcelo Saraiva · Austin, US
Sanjeev S. Dambal · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/80
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In general, embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for managing a storage system. In many traditional implementations host bus adapter (HBA) manages the storage device, however frequently the HBA cannot implement the necessary methods to secure a self-encrypting drive (SED). One or more embodiments of the invention use a baseboard management controller (BMC) to manage the security of the SEDs as well as the security life cycle of the SEDs, while the HBA acts as a passthrough conduit between the SED and BMC.

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