9.9 Host Protected Area Function
The Host Protected Area Function provides a protected area which cannot be accessed via conventional
methods. This protected area is used to contain critical system data such as BIOS or system management
information. The contents of the main memory of the entire system may also be dumped into the protected
area to resume after system power off.
The following set of commands changes the LBA/CYL, which affects the Identify Device Information:
Read Native Max Address
('F8'h)
Set Max Address
('F9'h)
9.9.1 Example for operation (in LBA mode)
The following is an example of possible values for LBA, size, and other device characteristics:
BB8600h to C1ACFFh
LBA range for protected area
12,289,536 (BB8600h)
Customer usable sector count
6,292,242,432 byte (6.2 GB)
Customer usable device size
403,200 (062700h)
Required blocks for protected area
206,438,400 byte
Required size for protected area
12,692,735 (C1ACFFh)
Maximum LBA (native)
6,498,680,832 byte (6.4 GB)
Capacity (native)
1. Shipping of drives from the manufacturer
Prior to being shipped from the manufacturer the drive has been tested to have a usable capacity of
6.4 GB
besides flagged media defects not visible by the system.
2. Preparation of drives by the system manufacturer
Special utility software is required to define the size of the protected area and to store the data in it. The
sequence is as follows:
i.
Issue a Read Native Max Address command to get the real device maximum LBA. Returned value
shows that the native device maximum LBA is 12,692,735 (C1ACFFh) regardless of the current
setting.
ii. Make the entire device accessible including the protected area by setting device maximum LBA to
12,692,735 (C1ACFFh) via Set Max Address command. The option may be either nonvolatile or
volatile.
iii. Test the sectors for protected area (LBA > = 12,289,536 (BB8600h)) if required.
iv. Write information data such as BIOS code within the protected area.
v. Change maximum LBA using Set Max Address command to 12,289,535 (BB85FFh) with nonvolatile
option.
vi. From this point the protected area cannot be accessed until the next Set Max Address command is
issued. Since the device functions in the same manner as a 6.2 GB device, any BIOS, device
driver, or application software will access the drive as if it were a 6.2 GB device.
3. Conventional usage without system software support
Since the drive works as a 6.2 GB device, this device requires no special care for normal use.
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