Patent ID: 7418545

Claim:
A method, comprising: communicating, by an integrated circuit, with at least one target ATA/ATAPI storage device; creating, by said integrated circuit, a persistent reservation between at least one said target ATA/ATAPI storage device and said integrated circuit; determining if said at least one target ATA/ATAPI storage device supports a Host Protect Area Feature ATA command set and a Self-Monitoring and Reporting (SMART) ATA command set, said Host Protect Area Feature ATA command set and said SMART ATA command set configured to enable a host system to have read/write access to a log page portion of said at least one ATA/ATAPI storage device to permit said persistent reservation to be defined for said at least one ATA/ATAPI storage device; inspecting said log page portion and a reserved space portion of said target ATA/ATAPI storage device; and determining if said reserved space portion is sufficient to store said persistent reservation data.