Patent ID: 8162227

Claim:
A storage device, comprising: an access port; and a first device, comprising: a processor; a data storage device integrated with the processor; a non-volatile memory device packaged with the first device and being operable to store data; and a controller packaged with the first device and the non-volatile memory device, the controller being coupled between the access port and the first device and between the access port and the non-volatile memory device, the controller being operable to receive read data from the memory device and couple the read data to the access port, and to receive write data from the access port and couple the write data to the memory device, the controller further being operable to analyze commands received by the controller from the access port and issued to the first device or the memory device, the commands including a command to obtain a critical security parameter stored in the first device and a command to power down the first device, the controller being configured to process each of the commands based on the nature of the command, to issue to the first device a command to power down the first device responsive to the received command to power down the first device, and to selectively ignore the command to obtain the critical security parameter stored in the first device.