Secure device chamber
View Patent ↗For a secure device chamber, the device chamber is disposed in a chassis and includes a device port. A door latches to obstruct access to the device chamber. A logic circuit receives an uninterrupted power supply from a computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value not being a device secure mode.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a device chamber disposed in a chassis and comprising a device port;
a door that latches to obstruct access to the device chamber;
a chamber eject button;
a failsafe release that unlatches the door to permit access to the device chamber, wherein the failsafe release is disposed within the chassis of a computer; and
a logic circuit that receives an uninterrupted power supply from the computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of the chamber eject button and the device access value not being a device secure mode.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being one of off and in a standby mode, and the device access value not being the device secure mode.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being on, a screen not being locked, and a device being unmounted.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic circuit does not unlatch the door in response to the computer being one of off and in a standby mode and the device access value being the device secure mode.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to no device being mounted in the device port.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device chamber and the door enclose a device mounted to the device port.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device access value is set to a device released mode in response to a device being unmounted from the device port.
8. A method comprising:
latching a door that obstructs access to a device chamber disposed in a chassis of a computer and comprising a device port;
unlatching by use of a failsafe release, the door to permit access to the device chamber, wherein the failsafe release is disposed within the chassis; and
unlatching, by use of a logic circuit, the door in response to activation of a chamber eject button and a device access value stored in the logic circuit not being a device secure mode.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being one of off and in a standby mode, and the device access value not being the device secure mode.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being on, a screen not being locked, and a device being unmounted.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logic circuit further does not unlatch the door in response to the computer being one of off and in a standby mode and the device access value being the device secure mode.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to no device being mounted in the device port.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the device chamber and the door enclose a device mounted to the device port.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the device access value is set to a device released mode in response to a device being unmounted from the device port.
15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the device not being installed.
16. A system comprising:
a computer disposed in a chassis;
a device chamber disposed in the chassis and comprising a device port;
a door that latches to obstruct access to the device chamber;
a chamber eject button;
a failsafe release that unlatches the door to permit access to the device chamber, wherein the failsafe release is disposed within the chassis; and
a logic circuit that receives an uninterrupted power supply from the computer, stores a device access value, and unlatches the door in response to activation of the chamber eject button and the device access value not being a device secure mode.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being one of off and in a standby mode, and the device access value not being the device secure mode.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the logic circuit further unlatches the door in response to the activation of the chamber eject button, the computer being on, a screen not being locked, and a device being unmounted.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the logic circuit does not unlatch the door in response to the computer being one of off and in a standby mode and the device access value being the device secure mode.