Security Unlock (F2H) - Hitachi T7K250 - Deskstar - Hard Drive Specifications

12.36 Security Unlock (F2h)

Table 114: Security Unlock command (F2h)
Command Block Output Registers
Register
Data
Feature
Sector Count
Sector Number
Cylinder Low
Cylinder High
Device/Head
Command
Error Register
7 6 5
CRC UNC 0
0 0 0
This command unlocks the password and causes the device to enter device unlock mode. If a power on reset or
hard reset is done without executing the Security Disable Password command after this command is completed, the
device will be in device lock mode. The password has not been changed yet.
The Security Unlock command requests the transfer of a single sector of data from the host including information
specified in the table below.
If the Identifier bit is set to master and the drive is in high security mode, the password supplied will be compared
with the stored master password. If the drive is in maximum security mode, the security unlock will be rejected.
If the Identifier bit is set to user, the drive compares the supplied password with the stored user password.
If the password compare fails, the device returns an abort error to the host and decrements the unlock attempt
counter. This counter is initially set to five and is decremented for each password mismatch. When this counter
reaches zero, all password protected commands are rejected until there is a hard reset or a power off.
Word
00 Control Word
bit 0
bit 1-15
01-16 Password (32 bytes)
17-255 Reserved
Identifier
A zero indicates that the device regards Password as the User Password. A one indicates that the device regards
Password as the Master Password.
The user can detect if the attempt to unlock the device has failed due to a mismatched password since this is the
only reason that an abort error will be returned by the drive AFTER the password information has been sent to the
device. An abort error returned by the device BEFORE the password data has been sent to the drive indicates that
another problem exists.
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
1 - 1 D - - - -
1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
4 3 2 1
IDN 0 ABT T0N AMN
0 0 V 0
Description
: Identifier (1- Master, 0- User)
: Reserved
Deskstar T7K250 Hard Disk Drive Specification
Command Block Input Registers
Register
Data
Error
Sector Count
Sector Number
Cylinder Low
Cylinder High
Device/Head
Status
0 7 6 5
BSY RDY DF DSC DRQ
0 0 V 0
185
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
- - - - - - - -
see below
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
see below
Status Register
4 3 2 1
COR IDX
V - 0 -
0
ERR
V