US 12,254,074 B2
System and method for managing security and access for management controller embedded devices
Ajay Shenoy, Bangalore (IN); and Mahesh Babu Ramaiah, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,106.
Prior Publication US 2024/0303314 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/33 (2013.01) [G06F 21/64 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for managing management controller embedded devices (MCEDs) hosted by a data processing system, the method comprising:
identifying, by a management controller of the data processing system, presence of an unsecured MCED of the MCEDs;
gaining, by the management controller, user access to the unsecured MCED using default credentials for a type of the unsecured MCED;
configuring, by the management controller and using the user access, super root user credentials for the unsecured MCED;
securing, by the management controller and using super root user access to the unsecured MCED, the unsecured MCED to obtain a secured MCED; and
obtaining, by the management controller and using the super root user credentials, a management certificate for the secured MCED usable to unsecure the secured MCED.