Out-of-band policy enforcement for data processing systems using activity data

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:

• obtaining, in part by a management controller of the data processing system, activity data for hardware resources of the data processing system while the hardware resources are providing computer-implemented services to a user of the data processing system;
• analyzing, by the management controller, the activity data to characterize use of the hardware resources by the user with respect to policies for the data processing system, the hardware resources being adapted to independently enforce the policies while the hardware resources are operating nominally;
• and
• initiating, by the management controller and using the hardware resources, performance of a policy enforcement process based on the characterized use of the hardware resources by the user to modify provisioning of a portion of the computer-implemented services to the user, the performance of the policy enforcement process comprises modifying power consumption by the hardware resources to place the data processing system in a different powered state.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
• obtaining, in part by a management controller of the data processing system, activity data for hardware resources of the data processing system while the hardware resources are providing computer-implemented services to a user of the data processing system;
• analyzing, by the management controller, the activity data to characterize use of the hardware resources by the user with respect to policies for the data processing system, the hardware resources being adapted to independently enforce the policies while the hardware resources are operating nominally;
• and
• initiating, by the management controller and using the hardware resources, performance of a policy enforcement process based on the characterized use of the hardware resources by the user to modify provisioning of a portion of the computer-implemented services to the user, the performance of the policy enforcement process comprises modifying power consumption by the hardware resources to place the data processing system in a different powered state.