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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2002
Robert A. Rust, Boise, ID (US);
James P. Slupe, Caldwell, ID (US);
Patrick F. Donnelly, Iii, Star, ID (US);
Richard G. Sevier, Boise, ID (US);
Robert A. Rust, Boise, ID (US);
James P. Slupe, Caldwell, ID (US);
Patrick F. Donnelly, III, Star, ID (US);
Richard G. Sevier, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and arrangements enable an identifier module of a storage system to be rendered unusable upon removal from the storage system. In an exemplary identifier module implementation, the identifier module includes an identifier data space that is capable of receiving an identifier and a breakable apparatus that is adapted to break and render the identifier module unusable upon removal of the identifier module from a storage system. The identifier module may be adapted for removable attachment to the storage system. In an exemplary storage system implementation, the storage system includes one or more memory units that are capable of storing information and at least one interface that is adapted to receive an identifier module. The at least one interface includes a disrupter apparatus that is adapted to break and render unusable an identifier module upon removal of such an identifier module from the at least one interface.