Seagate Technology Incorporated

Thomas Scwartzkopf

Robert Thibadeau

William Preston Goodwill

John R Nestor

A storage device has a storage medium and a processor. The processor is disposed within the storage device and is adapted to receive multiple commands as a command block over an interface. The processor is adapted to extract each of the multiple commands from the single block for execution on the storage device.

Single command payload transfers block of security functions to a storage device

A storage device has a storage medium, a controller, and a session manager. The storage medium is partitioned into one or more security partitions. The controller is adapted to read and write data to and from the storage medium and to enable security sessions over an interface between one or more host systems and one or more security partitions. The session manager within the storage device is adapted to monitor parameters associated with the one or more security sessions.

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Loveland, CO, United States of America

Thomas Scwartzkopf