Patent ID: 7136939
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A storage device to receive demands for writing and reading data from host devices to control writing and reading of data from storage media, the storage device comprising: a service processor configured to set configuration information of the storage device; and a terminal device connected to the service processor via a private line to send a command group described on a script sheet, which is received from an operator and related to the configuration information of the storage device, to the service processor, the terminal device creating a digest of the command group after determining that the command group is valid, the terminal device using a secret key to encrypt the digest created, and sending to the service processor a digest data of the digest encrypted using the secret key and the command group described on the script sheet; wherein the service processor decrypts the encrypted digest data received and compares the decrypted digest data with a digest data of the digest created from the command group received, and determines approval or denial of execution of the command group, based on results of comparison between the decrypted digest data and the digest data of the digest created from the command group, prior to execution of the command group received from the terminal device.