System and method for managing access to information regarding operation of hardware components of data processing systems
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTIMOTHY M. LAMBERT, MILTON OLAVO DECARVALHO TAVEIRA, ISAAC QIN WANG
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Abstract
Methods and systems for managing operation of data processing systems are disclosed. To manage the operation of the data processing systems, access to information regarding the operation of hardware components of the data processing systems may be provided. The access may be provided by configuring the internal communication topology of the data processing systems. The topologies may be configured to limit access to unvalidated entities, and provide access to validated entities.
Claims20
A method for managing operation of a data processing system, the method comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of an attachment of an access device to the data processing system;
- based on the occurrence:
- configuring a first portion of an access management system of the data processing system to place the access device in communication with a management controller of the data processing system;
- making a determination, using the management controller while in communication with the access device, regarding whether the access device can be authenticated;
- in a first instance of the determination where the access device is authenticated:
- configuring a second portion of the access management system to place the access device in communication with a secure portion of a processor;
- while the access device is in communication with the secure portion of the processor, making an identification of an occurrence of an expiration of a security token used to authenticate the access device;
- and
- based on the expiration, configuring the second portion of the access management system to deny access to the secure portion of the processor.
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 an occurrence of an attachment of an access device to the data processing system;
- based on the occurrence:
- configuring a first portion of an access management system of the data processing system to place the access device in communication with a management controller of the data processing system;
- making a determination, while the management controller is in communication with the access device, regarding whether the access device can be authenticated;
- in a first instance of the determination where the access device is authenticated:
- configuring a second portion of the access management system to place the access device in communication with a secure portion of a host processor of the data processing system;
- while the access device is in communication with the secure portion of the host processor, making an identification of an occurrence of an expiration of a security token used to authenticate the access device;
- and
- based on the expiration, configuring the second portion of the access management system to deny access to the secure portion of the host processor.
A data processing system, comprising:
- a first processor;
- and
- a management controller comprising:
- a second processor;
- a memory coupled to the second processor to store instructions, which when executed by the second processor, cause the processor to perform operation, the operations comprising:
- identifying an occurrence of an attachment of an access device to the data processing system;
- based on the occurrence:
- configuring a first portion of an access management system of the data processing system to place the access device in communication with a management controller of the data processing system;
- making a determination, while the management controller is in communication with the access device, regarding whether the access device can be authenticated;
- in a first instance of the determination where the access device is authenticated:
- configuring a second portion of the access management system to place the access device in communication with a secure portion of the first processor;
- while the access device is in communication with the secure portion of the first processor, making an identification of an occurrence of an expiration of a security token used to authenticate the access device;
- and
- based on the expiration, configuring the second portion of the access management system to deny access to the secure portion of the first processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.