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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Naman Goel, Bangalore, IN;
Ravishankar Kanakapura Nanjundaswamy, Bangalore, IN;
Sharad Awasthi, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A data encryption key management system includes an application layer with a hypervisor and a virtual machine, a host operating system coupled to the application layer and including a key management agent, and a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) device coupled to the host operating system and including a BMC storage device providing a key vault. The BMC device receives a first stored data encryption key that was generated by the hypervisor for the virtual machine from the key management agent, and stores the first stored data encryption key in the key vault provided by the BMC storage device. The BMC device subsequently receives a stored data encryption key request from the key management agent and, in response, retrieves the first stored data encryption key from the key vault provided by the BMC storage device, and transmits the first stored data encryption key to the key management agent.