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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

May. 01, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

James J. Parsonese, Cary, NC (US);

Jimmy X. Tang, Raleigh, NC (US);

Kevin S D Vernon, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 17/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/80 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and computer program product secure a hot-swap data storage device against being manually physically removed from an operable position within a chassis bay of a computer system. The hot-swap data storage device is released to be manually physically removed from the operable position within the chassis bay of the computer system in response to determining that the data storage device is not active. The hot-swap data storage device may, for example, be secured and released using an electronically-actuated lock.


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