US 12,341,764 B2
Registration of a management controller with a message broker
Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar, Mckinney, TX (US); Abeye Teshome, Austin, TX (US); Richard M. Tonry, Georgetown, TX (US); Bassem El-Azzami, Austin, TX (US); Mohit Arora, Frisco, TX (US); Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes, Waxahachie, TX (US); Adolfo Sandor Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US); and Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/498,329.
Prior Publication US 2025/0141856 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/061 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of registering a management controller of a data processing system with a new message broker, the method comprising:
after the management controller is registered with an existing message broker and already provisioned with a public private key pair:
obtaining an acknowledgement of initiation of registration of the management controller with the new message broker, the initiation being made by a server;
based on the acknowledgement, providing, by hardware resources of the data processing system, a request to register the management controller to the new message broker, the request comprising a payload signed by the management controller using a private key of the public private key pair to continue the registration of the management controller;
obtaining, by the management controller via an out of band communication channel, a challenge from the new message broker as part of the registration of the management controller;
providing, by the management controller and via the out of band communication channel, a response to the challenge to the new message broker to complete the registration of the management controller with the new message broker; and
providing computer-implemented services using the completed registration.