US 12,314,908 B2
Data center asset authentication for a prospective data center asset owner via an onboarding operation
Stav Sapir, Beer Sheba (IL); Bradley K. Goodman, Nashua, NH (US); Joseph B. Caisse, Burlington, MA (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. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/211,614.
Prior Publication US 2024/0428197 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/1053 (2023.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06Q 10/1053 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6218 (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 prospective owner;
establishing a secure 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;
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;
maintaining the data center asset ownership voucher at the rendezvous server; and,
using the data center asset ownership voucher to associate the data center asset with the prospective owner.