SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY INFORMATION ON A HARD DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY

摘要

Methods and systems are provided for displaying information on a hard disk drive assembly. One hard disk drive assembly includes a hard disk drive that includes a driver circuit coupled to a display and to a display memory. The driver circuit activates the display mounted on the hard disk drive assembly. In response to the activation of the display the driver circuit obtains information from the display memory of the hard disk drive. The driver circuit displays at least a portion of the information obtained from the display memory on the display mounted on the hard disk drive assembly.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
activating a display mounted on a hard disk drive assembly, said activating comprising detecting that a control is engaged at a first time; obtaining usage context from a cache of said hard disk drive assembly in response to said activation of said display mounted on said hard disk drive assembly, wherein the usage context comprises information related to at least one of an amount of free space in the cache, a microcode in the cache, and hardware levels of the cache; displaying on said display mounted on said hard drive assembly at least a portion of said information obtained from said cache; determining, at a second time, if said control is engaged; and in response to determining that said control is not engaged, powering off said display, wherein said second time is greater than a predetermined time threshold time after said first time.