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ASD8P-MT1 Specification
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5.2 Power Management Command Set
The ASD8P-MT1 PCIe Gen2 x 2 Lane SSD supports the power management command set, which
consists of
- CHECK POWER MODE
- IDLE
- IDLE IMMEDIATE
- SLEEP
- STANDBY
- STANDBY IMMEDIATE
5.3 Security Mode Feature Set
The ASD8P-MT1 PCIe Gen2 x 2 Lane SSD supports the Security Mode Feature Set,
which provide high reliability of data storage. Implementing personal password for disk drive to
prevent unauthorized access is available with this Security Mode Feature Set .
- SECURITY SET PASSWORD and SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD
Manufacturer/dealer can set up new master password by using the command SECURITY
SET PASSWORD without locking function systematically or physically. Users can also set
up user password by the command. Once the user password is set, the drive will be locked
automatically and it will take effect by the next power on. The user password can be
disabled by SECURITY DISABLE PASSWORD command but the command can’t change
or disable the master password
- SECURITY UNLOCK
Any accessing media command to the locked drive will not be accepted until host
successfully receive and complete the SECURITY UNLOCK command,
- SECURITY ERASE PREPARE and SECURITY ERASE UNIT
Password loss problem can be solved under the conditions listed below:
(A) Password is lost & High security level is set:
The data can’t be accessed without using master password to unlock the drive.
(B) Password is lost & Maximum security level is set:
It’s impossible to accessing data again. The drive can still be unlocked by executing
SECURITY ERASE PREPARE and SECURITY ERASE UNIT command, but all of the
data will be erased.