Hardware drift determination and remediation
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsChandrasekhar Revuri, Rishi Mukherjee, Shivendra Katiyar, Rekha Poosala
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Abstract
An information handling system may include at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The information handling system may be configured to: receive configuration data from a managed information handling system; receive compatibility data from a vendor of the managed information handling system; determine, based on the configuration data and the compatibility data, that the managed information handling system has drifted from a predetermined configuration; and based on the determination of drift, execute a responsive action with regard to the managed information handling system.
Claims20
An information handling system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor;
- wherein the information handling system is configured to:
- receive configuration data from a managed information handling system;
- receive compatibility data from a vendor of the managed information handling system;
- calculate a compliance score for the managed information handling system based on the configuration data and the compatibility data, wherein the compliance score is a number that is based on incompatible and/or un-validated components of the managed information handling system;
- determine, based on the compliance score being beyond a threshold compliance score, that the managed information handling system has drifted from a predetermined configuration, wherein the drift comprises a difference in one or more hardware components;
- and
- based on the determination of drift, execute a responsive action with regard to the managed information handling system.
A method comprising:
- an information handling system receiving configuration data from a managed information handling system;
- the information handling system receiving compatibility data from a vendor of the managed information handling system;
- the information handling system calculating a compliance score for the managed information handling system based on the configuration data and the compatibility data, wherein the compliance score is a number that is based on incompatible and/or un-validated components of the managed information handling system;
- the information handling system determining, based on the compliance score being beyond a threshold compliance score, that the managed information handling system has drifted from a predetermined configuration, wherein the drift comprises a difference in one or more hardware components;
- and
- based on the determination of drift, the information handling system executing a responsive action with regard to the managed information handling system.
An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable code thereon that is executable by an information handling system for:
- receiving configuration data from a managed information handling system;
- receiving compatibility data from a vendor of the managed information handling system;
- calculating a compliance score for the managed information handling system based on the configuration data and the compatibility data, wherein the compliance score is a number that is based on incompatible and/or un-validated components of the managed information handling system;
- determining, based on the compliance score being beyond a threshold compliance score, that the managed information handling system has drifted from a predetermined configuration, wherein the drift comprises a difference in one or more hardware components;
- and
- based on the determination of drift, executing a responsive action with regard to the managed information handling system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.