Universal serial bus (usb) port control

A control system, comprising:

• a universal serial bus (USB) interface with a USB port;
• a power control unit in communication with the USB interface;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing a computer-readable program code and a configuration dataset;
• and
• a processor device in communication with the non-transitory computer-readable media, the power control unit and the USB interface, the processor device is operative with the computer-readable program code to perform
• detecting when an information technology (IT) device is connected to the USB port,
• retrieving configuration data from the configuration dataset of the IT device connected to the USB port, and
• controlling the power control unit to supply power to the USB interface in accordance with the configuration data.

A method of controlling universal serial bus (USB) ports, comprising:

• detecting an information technology (IT) device coupled a universal serial bus (USB) port of a plurality of USB ports of a USB interface;
• controlling a power control unit to provide power assigning a unique logical device name to the IT device;
• and
• linking a port name associated with a device path of the IT device to the unique logical device name.