US 12,462,011 B2
Systems and methods for SPDM device and baseboard management controller (BMC) pairing
A Anis Ahmed, Bangalore (IN); Mini Thottunkal Thankappan, Bangalore (IN); Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Palakkad (IN); and Dharma Bhushan 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. 18/180,963.
Prior Publication US 2024/0303317 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/44 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/44 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An Information Handling System (IHS) comprising:
a Security Protocol and Data Model (SPDM)-enabled device conforming to a SPDM specification; and
a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) comprising at least one memory coupled to at least one processor, the at least one memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the at least one processor, cause the BMC to:
provision a SPDM identity certificate of the BMC in the SPDM-enabled device;
authenticate the SPDM-enabled device, and verify that the BMC has been paired with the authenticated SPDM-enabled device, based at least in part on the SPDM identity certificate;
when the authentication of the SPDM-enabled device fails, inhibit operation of the SPDM-enabled device in the IHS; and
when the SPDM-enabled device is re-booted, provision the SPDM identity certificate, authenticate the SPDM-enabled device, and verify that the BMC has been paired with the authenticated SPDM-enabled device, based at least in part on the SPDM identity certificate.