Hi,
I am trying to re-use some older SSDs from an enterprise SAN system. The system was decommissioned, but I still have the SSDs. After stripping them from the case/carrier, I attached them directly via SATA (no USB adapter or whatsoever) to a small test-system of mine.
HDparm gets me the following information:
Code:
sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: TOSHIBA THNSNJ1T02CSY
Serial Number: ************* (blurred)
Firmware Revision: JYPS4101
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
Supported: 9 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 9
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 2000409264
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 976762 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 1024209 MBytes (1024 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 2.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
* Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power Management feature set
SET_MAX security extension
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* Host automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* Device automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
* DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Write Same (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
* SANITIZE feature set
* BLOCK_ERASE_EXT command
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA command
* SET MAX SETPASSWORD/UNLOCK DMA commands
* WRITE BUFFER DMA command
* READ BUFFER DMA command
* DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET/IDENTIFY DMA commands
* Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)
* Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
enabled
locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
Security level maximum
2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 500080d910c09e3e
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 00080d
Unique ID : 910c09e3e
Checksum: correct
/dev/sda:
ATA device, with non-removable media
Model Number: TOSHIBA THNSNJ1T02CSY
Serial Number: ************* (blurred)
Firmware Revision: JYPS4101
Transport: Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6, SATA Rev 3.0
Standards:
Supported: 9 8 7 6 5
Likely used: 9
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 16383 16383
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
--
CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064
LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455
LBA48 user addressable sectors: 2000409264
Logical Sector size: 512 bytes
Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
Logical Sector-0 offset: 0 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 976762 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 1024209 MBytes (1024 GB)
cache/buffer size = unknown
Form Factor: 2.5 inch
Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
Queue depth: 32
Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16
Advanced power management level: 254
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
* SMART feature set
* Security Mode feature set
* Power Management feature set
* Write cache
* Look-ahead
* Host Protected Area feature set
* WRITE_BUFFER command
* READ_BUFFER command
* NOP cmd
* DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Advanced Power Management feature set
SET_MAX security extension
* 48-bit Address feature set
* Device Configuration Overlay feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
* SMART error logging
* SMART self-test
* General Purpose Logging feature set
* WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
* 64-bit World wide name
* WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
* {READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
* Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
* Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
* Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
* Gen3 signaling speed (6.0Gb/s)
* Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
* Host-initiated interface power management
* Phy event counters
* Host automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* Device automatic Partial to Slumber transitions
* READ_LOG_DMA_EXT equivalent to READ_LOG_EXT
* DMA Setup Auto-Activate optimization
Device-initiated interface power management
* Software settings preservation
* SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set
* SCT Write Same (AC2)
* SCT Error Recovery Control (AC3)
* SCT Features Control (AC4)
* SCT Data Tables (AC5)
* SANITIZE feature set
* BLOCK_ERASE_EXT command
* DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA command
* SET MAX SETPASSWORD/UNLOCK DMA commands
* WRITE BUFFER DMA command
* READ BUFFER DMA command
* DEVICE CONFIGURATION SET/IDENTIFY DMA commands
* Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)
* Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security:
Master password revision code = 65534
supported
enabled
locked
not frozen
not expired: security count
supported: enhanced erase
Security level maximum
2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 500080d910c09e3e
NAA : 5
IEEE OUI : 00080d
Unique ID : 910c09e3e
Checksum: correct
- So we have an ATA-Lock here. This makes sense, because it was an enterprise system beforehand
- The security level is "maximum". Therefor i can not use the master password to unlock the drive -> but i should be able to use the secure erase function
- The "Master password revision code" is 65534. This means the factory default master password has not been changed. (would be "1" otherwise)
I am not interested in any of the data on the SSD, because I want to re-use them. So I tried to Secure Erase them with the "default" master password I found online for Toshiba Drives: " " (=32 Spaces)
Code:
sudo hdparm --user-master m --security-erase " " /dev/sda
security_password: " "
/dev/sda:
Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password=" ", user=master
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 04 51 40 01 21 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
security_password: " "
/dev/sda:
Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password=" ", user=master
SG_IO: bad/missing sense data, sb[]: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0a 04 51 40 01 21 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
This is where I am stuck now. I have no idea how to analyze this error or how to solve it.
I do not think the password is currently the problem: If I run the command a few times and it would only fail because of a wrong password, there should be a security mechanism be activated. After entering the wrong password 5-times, the security option "expired: security count" would be enabled. This means you have to reboot the disc to get 5 new tries. But even after running the command several times with wrong passwords on purpose, the security option is not enabled. So I think he is not even getting to check the password.
In addition I tried a few things:
- Use another SSD to be sure it is not a broken one
- Use another internal SATA connector/chipset
- Use another mainboard (non-UEFI)
It is no SED disc, i checked that with SEDutil:
Code:
sedutil-cli --scan
Scanning for Opal 2.0 compliant disks
/dev/sda No TOSHIBA THNSNJ1T02CSY JYPS4101
/dev/sdb No
No more disks present ending scan
sedutil-cli --query /dev/sda
Invalid or unsupported disk /dev/sda
Scanning for Opal 2.0 compliant disks
/dev/sda No TOSHIBA THNSNJ1T02CSY JYPS4101
/dev/sdb No
No more disks present ending scan
sedutil-cli --query /dev/sda
Invalid or unsupported disk /dev/sda
Any of you have an idea to solve this?
And yeah i know: It would be much easier, cheaper to just get new SSDs, but i have those and want them to work
