Secure booting of channel cards using a management controller of a data processing system

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:

• identifying that firmware hosted by a channel card operably connected to the data processing system has failed verification during a secure booting procedure;
• performing, by a management controller of the data processing system, a verification procedure to obtain a channel card certificate;
• adding, by the management controller, at least one entry to a secure booting procedure database to facilitate verification of the firmware;
• after the at least one entry is added, resuming, by the management controller, the secure booting procedure;
• completing, using at least the at least one entry, the secure booting procedure to place the data processing system in an operable state that is conducive to providing computer-implemented services;
• and
• providing, while the data processing system is in the operable state, the computer-implemented services.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing operation of a data processing system, the operations comprising:
• identifying that firmware hosted by a channel card operably connected to the data processing system has failed verification during a secure booting procedure;
• performing, by a management controller of the data processing system, a verification procedure to obtain a channel card certificate;
• adding, by the management controller, at least one entry to a secure booting procedure database to facilitate verification of the firmware;
• after the at least one entry is added, resuming, by the management controller, the secure booting procedure;
• completing, using at least the at least one entry, the secure booting procedure to place the data processing system in an operable state that is conducive to providing computer-implemented services;
• and
• providing, while the data processing system is in the operable state, the computer-implemented services.