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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2020
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Viswanath Ponnuru, Bangalore, IN;

Raveendra Babu Madala, Bangalore, IN;

Vaideeswaran G, Bangalore, IN;

Ramesha He, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); H04L 41/5035 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and systems support management of deprecated components within a system of IHSs (Information Handling Systems), such as within a datacenter. Upon receiving notification of a deprecated component, instances of the deprecated component are identified within the datacenter. Usage information is collected for the deprecated component by remote access capabilities of the IHSs and by management capabilities of chassis in which the IHSs may be housed. Based on the collected usage information, usages are determined for individual features of the deprecated component. Even though a component has been deprecated, some features of the component may still be supported. Such supported features of the deprecated components are identified. Licenses may be provided for use of features that are that are supported and that are actually utilized, as determined from the usage information.


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