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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Joseph Linnen, Naperville, IL (US);
Avinash Rajagiri, San Jose, CA (US);
Srikar Peesari, San Jose, CA (US);
Ashish Ghai, San Jose, CA (US);
Dongxiang Liao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohit Sehgal, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A Data Storage Device (DSD) or a server is set to an unlocked state to allow access to a memory of the DSD or to a DSD of the server. Communication is established with an access station using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is received from the access station via the wireless communication interface. If the received access code is determined to be valid, the DSD or server is set to the unlocked state. According to another aspect, communication is established with a DSD or a server using a wireless communication interface, and an access code is generated and sent to the DSD or the server for setting the DSD or the server to the unlocked state.