Storage enclosures
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPatrick De Marcillac, Sandro Secci, Samir Bouraoui
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Abstract
In one example, a physical storage enclosure can include a storage area to enclose a device, a locking mechanism to prevent removal of the device from the storage area, a logical configuration system coupled to the device within the storage area, wherein the logical configuration system includes instructions to identify the device within the storage area and alter instructions associated with the device within the storage area, a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism, and a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system.
Claims15
A physical storage enclosure, comprising:
- a locking mechanism to prevent removal of a device from a storage area;
- a logical configuration system coupled to the device at the storage area, wherein the logical configuration system includes instructions to identify the device at the storage area and alter instructions associated with the device at the storage area;
- a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism;
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- a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system.
A system, comprising:
- an enclosure to receive a computing device and store the computing device within the enclosure;
- a locking mechanism coupled to lock the enclosure when the locking mechanism is activated;
- a logical configuration system coupled to the computing device within the enclosure to alter instructions associated with the computing device within the enclosure;
- a logical management system to manage the logical configuration system and a plurality of additional logical configuration systems;
- a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism;
- a hardware management system to manage the hardware logistic system and a plurality of additional hardware logistic systems;
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- a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system and allow communication between logical management system and the hardware management system.
A computing device storage enclosure, comprising:
- an enclosure to store the computing device within the enclosure;
- a locking mechanism coupled to lock the enclosure when the locking mechanism is activated;
- a device identification system to determine a unique identifier of the computing device positioned within the enclosure;
- a logical configuration system coupled to the computing device through a first network within the enclosure to alter instructions associated with the computing device within the enclosure based on the unique identifier of the computing device positioned within the enclosure;
- a status posting system to receive a status update for altered instructions performed by the logical configuration system and to receive the unique identifier of the computing device;
- a status reading system to receive the status update for altered instructions performed by the logical configuration system and to receive the unique identifier of the computing device;
- a hardware logistic system coupled to the locking mechanism through a second network to activate and deactivate the locking mechanism based on the unique identifier received from the hardware positing system;
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- a firewall to restrict communication between the logical configuration system and the hardware logistic system and restrict communication between the first network and the second network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.