36 security set password (f1h) – Toshiba MK4006GAH User Manual

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11.8.36 SECURITY SET PASSWORD (F1h)

COMMAND CODE

1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1

REGISTER

REGISTER SETTING

NORMAL COMPLETION

DR

DRIVE No.

no change

CY

no

change

HD

no

change

SN

no

change

SC

no

change

FT

no

change


This command requests a transfer of a sector of data from the host including the information specified in the
table below. The function of this command is decided by the transferred data.
The revision code field is returned in the IDENTIFY DEVICE word 92. The valid revision codes are 0001h
through FFFEh. A value of 0000h or FFFFh indicated that the Master Password Revision Code is not
supported.

Security Set Password information

Word Content

0 Control

word

Bits 15-9 Reserved
Bits 8 Security level 0=High
1=Maximum
Bits 7-1 Reserved
Bit 0 Identifier 0=set user password
1=set master password

1-16

Password ( 32 bytes )

17

Master Password Revision Code (valid if word 0 bit 0 = 1)

18-255 Reserved


The settings of the identifier and security level bits interact as shown in the table below.

Identifier and security level

Identifier Level

Command

result

User

High

The password supplied with the command will be saved as the new user password. The lock
function will be enabled by the next power-on. The drive can then be unlocked by either the
user password or the previously set master password.

Master

High

This combination will set a master password but will not enable the lock function. The
security level is not changed. Master password revision code set to the value in Master
Password Revision Code field.

User

Maximum

The password supplied with the command will be saved as the new user password. The lock
function will be enabled by the next power-on. The drive can only be unlocked by the user
password. The master password previously set is still stored in the drive but will not be used
to unlock the drive.

Master

Maximum

This combination will set a master password but will not enable the lock function. The
security level is not changed. Master password revision code set to the value in Master
Password Revision Code field.

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