US 11,669,645 B2
Delegated authorization via chassis management controller
Divya Vijayvargiya, Cedar Park, TX (US); Joshua M. Pennell, Kennewick, WA (US); and Farhan Mohammed Syed, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,182.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030576 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/52 (2013.01); G06F 21/85 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/85 (2013.01) [G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a management controller; and
a plurality of target information handling systems each including a target management controller that is communicatively coupled to the management controller;
wherein the information handling system is configured to:
receive, at a particular target management controller and from a client information handling system, a request for management associated with the particular target management controller;
perform, at the management controller, validation of a token associated with the request; and
based on the validation, cause the particular target management controller to service the request;
wherein the management controller is a chassis management controller, and wherein the management controller and the target management controllers are communicatively coupled to one another via a secure chassis-internal network.