US 12,218,928 B2
Data center asset authentication via an onboarding operation
Shibi Panikkar, Bangalore (IN); Reddeppa Kollu, Liberty Hill, TX (US); Muzhar S. Khokhar, Shrewsbury, MA (US); and Ching-Yun Chao, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,119.
Prior Publication US 2024/0406161 A1, Dec. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0823 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center monitoring and management operation, comprising:
embedding a unique identifier within a data center asset, the unique identifier including a signed certificate;
providing the data center asset to a customer;
establishing a secure communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset via a connectivity management system aggregator, the establishing the secure communication channel establishing a trusted state and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication with the data center asset is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the data center asset is authenticated, the secure communication channel using the signed certificate when establishing the secure communication channel;
exchanging information between the onboarding system and the data center asset via the secure communication channel, the information including a data center asset ownership voucher, the data center asset ownership voucher comprising a structured digital document that links the data center asset with an owner; and,
using the data center asset ownership voucher to associate the data center asset to the customer.