US 12,013,768 B2
Method and system for automated healing of hardware resources in a composed information handling system
William Price Dawkins, Lakeway, TX (US); Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Cedar Park, TX (US); Jon Robert Hass, Austin, TX (US); and Valerie Diane Padilla, 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 Jul. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/382,964.
Prior Publication US 2023/0028774 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1658 (2013.01) [G06F 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 11/079 (2013.01); G06F 11/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing computer implemented services using composed information handling systems, comprising: a system control processor (SCP);
persistent storage of a client; and a system control processor manager (SCPM), wherein the SCPM provides an instruction to the SCP, wherein, upon receiving the instruction, the SCP monitors at least health of a hardware resource of a composed information handling system, wherein the client and the SCPM are operably connected to each other over a combination of wired and wireless network topologies, wherein the client is a first computing device (CD) that comprises at least a first integrated circuity (IC) that requests first services from a composed information handling system, wherein the SCPM is a second CD that comprises at least a second IC that provides second services to the client, wherein the SCPM is programmed to: after being allocated to composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitor, via the SCP, the health of the hardware resource of the composed information handling system; make a determination, based on the monitoring of the health of the hardware resource, that the hardware resource is in a compromised state; and based on the determination, initiate a hardware replacement operation using replacement option information (ROI) for the hardware resource and replacement conditions for the hardware resource, wherein the replacement conditions specify a replacement condition for the hardware resource, wherein the replacement condition is one selected from the group of never, likely failure of the hardware resource, and failure of the hardware resource, wherein the ROI specifies whether the hardware resource is hot replaceable or reboot replaceable, and wherein the hardware replacement operation comprises: identifying a replacement resource at least as capable as the hardware resource; removing the hardware resource from the composed information handling system in order to recompose a portion of the composed information handling system; and allocating the replacement resource to the composed information handling system.