Automated identification and disablement of system devices in a computing system

At least one computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, in response to execution, cause a computing device to perform or facilitate operations comprising:

• initiating execution of a firmware configured to perform a bootup process of a computing system having multiple system devices, the firmware retained in a non-volatile memory device of the computing system;
• accessing, by the firmware, program code that defines a procedure to identify a system device for disablement;
• sending, by the firmware, the program code to a controller device, wherein execution of the program code by the controller device generates data identifying one or more second system devices to be disabled;
• accessing, by the firmware, second data from a memory device within the controller device;
• determining, using the second data, that a first system device of the multiple system devices is to be disabled;
• and
• disabling the first system device by the firmware.

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory device having computer-executable components stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing device at least to:
• initiate execution of a firmware configured to perform a bootup process of a computing device having multiple system devices, the firmware retained in a non-volatile memory device of the computing system;
• access, by the firmware, program code that defines a procedure to identify a system device for disablement;
• send, by the firmware, the program code to a controller device, wherein execution of the program code by the controller device generates data identifying one or more second system devices to be disabled;
• access, by the firmware, second data from a memory device within the controller device;
• determine, using the second data, that a first system device of the multiple system devices is to be disabled;
• and
• disable the first system device by the firmware.

A computing device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory device having computer-executable components stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the computing device at least to:
• receive program code that defines a procedure to identify a system device for disablement in a computing system;
• receive a request to disable a group of system devices, the request including data defining the group of system devices;
• and
• generate, using the data, a list of system devices to be disabled by a firmware configured to bootup the computing system, the list of system devices being generated by executing the program code.