Patent ID: 11966617
Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A data storage blade comprising:
a plurality of data storage devices, with each of the plurality of data storage devices comprising at least one data storage medium;
control electronics configured to control data access operations on at least one data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices, wherein the control electronics comprises firmware or software utilized to access data from the plurality of data storage cartridges, thereby physically separating storage of the firmware or software from the plurality of data storage cartridges that are configured to store user data; and
a controller-override mechanism activatable to disable communication between the control electronics and the at least one data storage device of the plurality of data storage devices in response to a detection of the firmware or software being compromised, wherein the control-override mechanism is manually activatable on the data storage blade to re-enable communication between the control electronics and the plurality of data storage cartridges.