Techniques of providing policy options to enable and disable system components

A computer system, the computer system including an initialization component of a host, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• determine, at the initialization component, presence or absence of a plurality of hardware components of the host;
• generate a first series of indicators indicating the determined presence or absence of the plurality of hardware components;
• and
• send, to a service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol, the message including the first series of indicators.

A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for operating a computer system, the computer system including an initialization component of a host, comprising code to:

• determine, at the initialization component, presence or absence of a plurality of hardware components of the host;
• generate a first series of indicators indicating the determined presence or absence of the plurality of hardware components;
• and
• send, to a service processor of the host, a message in accordance with a management protocol, the message including the first series of indicators.