Patent ID: 8122305

Claim:
A data storage device, comprising: a standalone storage drive that is operable to be housed in an Information Handling System (IHS) chassis to provide storage for an IHS, the standalone storage device including: a first data port located on the standalone storage device and having a first transmitter and a first receiver; a second data port located on the standalone storage device and having a second transmitter and a second receiver; and firmware housed in the standalone storage drive that, when executed by a firmware execution component that is located in the standalone storage drive, causes the firmware execution component to: detect a loopback configuration between the first data port and the second data port when the standalone storage device is not housed in the IHS chassis to provide storage for the IHS, wherein the loopback configuration includes the first transmitter coupled to the second receiver and the second transmitter coupled to the first receiver; and in response to detecting the loopback configuration, exercise the standalone storage drive by causing the standalone storage drive to perform operations such that the standalone storage drive produces electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions.