Composable information handling systems in an open network using access control managers

A method for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems, comprising:

• obtaining, by a system control processor, a composition request for a composed information handling system;
• making a first determination that a first information handling system is not capable of servicing the composition request;
• and
• based on the first determination:
• allocating, 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;
• setting up management services for available resource and the additional resource to obtain logical hardware resources;
• and
• presenting the logical hardware resources to at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources,
• wherein the first information handling system comprises the system control processor and the at least one compute resource set,
• 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.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for dynamically instantiating composed information handling systems, the method comprising

• obtaining, by a system control processor, a composition request for a composed information handling system;
• making a first determination that a first information handling system is not capable of servicing the composition request;
• and
• based on the first determination:
• allocating, 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;
• setting up management services for available resource and the additional resource to obtain logical hardware resources;
• and
• presenting the logical hardware resources to at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources,
• wherein the first information handling system comprises the system control processor and the at least one compute resource set,
• 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.