US 12,225,124 B2
Data center asset onboarding authentication for a data center asset via an onboarding operation
Kirk Frey, Fleminton, NJ (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. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,436.
Prior Publication US 2024/0421988 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 9/088 (2013.01) [H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center monitoring and management operation, comprising:
providing the data center asset to a data center asset purchaser;
establishing a first communication channel between an onboarding system and the data center asset;
establishing a second communication channel between a rendezvous server and the data center asset, the rendezvous server functioning as a rendezvous point between a newly powered-on data center asset and an onboarding service, the rendezvous server executing a trusted rendezvous service, the trusted rendezvous service being implemented to validate and register data center assets;
generating a request to the trusted rendezvous service to generate a shared data center asset secret key for the data center asset;
associating the shared data center asset secret key with the data center asset;
sharing the shared data center asset secret key with the trusted rendezvous service upon receiving a request from the trusted rendezvous service that is encrypted by a public key of the data center asset purchaser; and,
providing authorization for the data center asset to be onboarded when the shared data center asset secret key returned by the trusted rendezvous service matches the shared data center asset secret key associated with the data center asset.