System and method for managing feature enablement in an information handling system

A method of managing feature enablement in an information handling system, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an external system, feature enablement information from a non-volatile memory at the information handling system after the information handling system is deployed, wherein the feature enablement information relates to a feature that the information handling system is to provide;
• storing, at the external system, the feature enablement information that includes a key license, wherein the external system is to provide the feature enablement information to the information handling system and to a requesting system;
• receiving a request for the feature enablement information from the requesting system that is to provide the feature;
• determining whether a maximum number of key licenses related to the feature are being used;
• denying, by issuing an error message, the key license when the maximum number of key licenses is being used;
• sending the key license to the requesting system when fewer than the maximum number of key licenses are being used;
• and
• adjusting, by incrementing or decrementing, a number of key licenses being used for the feature after sending the key license to the requesting system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including processor-readable instructions that are executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an external system, feature enablement information from a non-volatile memory at the information handling system after the information handling system is deployed, wherein the feature enablement information relates to a feature that the information handling system is to provide;
• storing, at the external system, the feature enablement information that includes a key license, wherein the external system is to provide the feature enablement information to the information handling system and to a requesting system;
• setting a maximum number of key licenses related to the feature available based on a customer associated with the information handling system;
• receiving a request for the feature enablement information from the requesting system that is to provide the feature;
• determining whether the maximum number of key licenses related to the feature are being used;
• denying, by issuing an error message, the key license when the maximum number of key licenses is being used;
• sending the key license to the requesting system when fewer than the maximum number of key licenses are being used;
• and
• adjusting, by incrementing or decrementing, a number of key licenses being used for the feature after sending the key license to the requesting system.