US 11,698,821 B2
Composable information handling systems in an open network using access control managers
Gaurav Chawla, Austin, TX (US); Mark Steven Sanders, Roanoke, VA (US); William Price Dawkins, Lakeway, TX (US); Jimmy Doyle Pike, Georgetown, TX (US); Elie Antoun Jreij, Pflugerville, TX (US); Robert Wayne Hormuth, Cedar Park, TX (US); Walter A. O'Brien, III, Westborough, MA (US); Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US); and Yossef Saad, Ganei Tikva (IL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/117,067.
Prior Publication US 2022/0179718 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5083 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45541 (2013.01); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems, comprising:
a first information handling system of the information handling systems comprising a system control processor and at least one compute resource set; and
a system control processor manager,
wherein the system control processor is programmed to:
obtain a composition request for a composed information handling system;
make a first determination that the first information handling system is not capable of servicing the composition request; and
based on the first determination:
allocate, an available resource on the first information handling system to the composed information handling system;
sending a resource allocation request to the system control processor manager for access to an additional resource;
obtain, in response to the allocation request, a notification for access to a second information handling system of the information handling systems that provides the available resource;
setup management services for available resource and the additional resource to obtain logical hardware resources; and
present the logical hardware resources to the at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources,
wherein the system control processor manager is programmed to:
initiate communication with the system control processor via a first access control manager,
wherein the first access control manager is a firewall, wherein the firewall only permits the first information handling system to communicate with the system control processor manager until the available resource is allocated to the composed information handling system;
after initiating communication with the system control processor:
send a resource availability request to the first information handling system;
obtain a resource availability response from the first information handling system, wherein the resource availability response specifies at least a network availability of the first information handling system;
obtain, using at least the resource availability response from the first information handling system, a network connectivity topology.