Lcs workload in-band resource device management system

An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:

• a processing system;
• and
• a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to provide a resource device management engine that is configured to:
• determine a first plurality of resource devices that are available via a System Control Processor (SCP) device for a Logically Composed System (LCS);
• present, to a workload provided using the LCS, an available-resource file hierarchy that identifies the first plurality of resource devices;
• receive, from the workload, a resource device request for a first resource device that is included in the first plurality of resource devices identified in the available-resource file hierarchy;
• and
• provide, to the SCP device, a resource device provisioning request that is configured to cause the SCP device to provide the first resource device to the LCS for utilization by the workload.

A method for in-band management of resource devices by a workload provided on a Logically Composed System (LCS), comprising:

• determining, by a resource device management subsystem, a first plurality of resource devices that are available via a System Control Processor (SCP) device for a Logically Composed System (LCS);
• presenting, by the resource device management subsystem to a workload provided using the LCS, an available-resource file hierarchy that identifies the first plurality of resource devices;
• receiving, by the resource device management subsystem from the workload, a resource device request for a first resource device that is included in the first plurality of resource devices identified in the available-resource file hierarchy;
• and
• providing, by the resource device management subsystem to the SCP device, a resource device provisioning request that is configured to cause the SCP device to provide the first resource device to the LCS for utilization by the workload.