TCG Storage Application Note: Encrypting Drives Compliant with Opal SSC

This document provides examples of the communication between a host and a storage device implementing the TCG Storage Security Subsystem Class: Opal SSC and the TCG Storage Architecture Core Specification.

Examples are provided for the following scenarios:.

• Discovering whether a storage device supports Opal SSC
• Taking ownership of the storage device
• Activating the Locking SP
• Changing the Admin1 PIN in the Locking SP and adding users
• Configuring Locking Objects (LBA ranges)
• Unlocking ranges
• Erasing a range
• Enabling the MBR shadow
• Un-shadowing the MBR
• Reverting the TPer
• Reverting the Locking SP
• Using the DataStore table