US 11,863,691 B2
Lockable device validation for information handling systems
Marshal F. Savage, Austin, TX (US); Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US); and Jason Matthew Young, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,927.
Prior Publication US 2023/0129306 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 9/3263 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3226 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for validating secure assembly and delivery of an IHS (Information Handling System) for a customer, the method comprising:
retrieving an inventory certificate uploaded to the IHS during factory provisioning of the IHS for the customer, wherein the inventory certificate includes an inventory identifying a factory-installed lockable device of the IHS, and wherein the inventory certificate further includes an encrypted code for accessing the lockable device;
collecting an inventory of detected lockable devices of the IHS;
comparing the collected inventory of detected lockable devices against the inventory from the inventory certificate in order to validate the IHS is operating using only factory-installed lockable devices; and
validating that the encrypted code included in the inventory certificate is decipherable using a private key of the customer such that the deciphered code provides access to the lockable device.