US 12,143,265 B1
Managing entitlements for data processing systems using out of band communication channels
Bassem El-Azzami, Austin, TX (US); Richard M. Tonry, Georgetown, TX (US); Abeye Teshome, Austin, TX (US); Mohit Arora, Frisco, TX (US); Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar, Mckinney, TX (US); Adolfo Sandor Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US); Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes, Waxahachie, 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. 18/498,263.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing data processing systems, the method comprising:
making an identification, by a management controller of a data processing system of the data processing systems, of a list of entitlements for the data processing system based on user subscriptions, the list of the entitlements comprising a list of enabled features for the data processing system and the list of the entitlements having been obtained, at least in part, using an out of band communication channel between the management controller and a management server through which a user of the data processing system manages the user subscriptions;
making a determination, based on the identification and by the management controller, regarding whether existing enabled features for the data processing system match the list of the entitlements; and
in a first instance of the determination in which the existing enabled features for the data processing system do not match the list of the entitlements:
performing, by the management controller, an action set to resolve a difference between the existing enabled features and the list of the entitlements,
wherein the data processing system comprises a network module adapted to separately advertise network endpoints for the management controller and hardware resources of the data processing system, the network endpoints being usable by the management server to address communications to the hardware resources and the management controller.