Patent ID: 8028109
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit (IC) for a hard disk drive (HDD), the integrated circuit comprising: a first processor configured to perform processing related to storing data on the HDD, wherein the first processor is incorporated in the IC; a hard disk control (HDC) module configured to (i) communicate with the first processor and (ii) control operation of the HDD, wherein the HDC module is incorporated in the IC; a second processor configured to communicate with the HDC module, wherein the second processor is incorporated in the IC; and a wireline network interface module incorporated in the IC, wherein the wireline network interface module includes wherein the second processor is configured to perform processing related to communication of the HDD via the wireline network interface module, wherein the first processor and the HDC module are configured to process packets communicated via the wireline network interface module using a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP), a peer-to-peer sharing protocol, and an Internet protocol-based small computer system interface standard (iSCSI), and wherein the wireline network interface module is configured to use power received from Ethernet to power the HDD.