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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:
Jun. 13, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shekar Babu Suryanarayana, Bangalore, IN;

Anand Prakash Joshi, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for deploying an information handling system (platform) determines whether a hardware key coupled to the platform constitutes a deployment key by validating a GUID of the key against a deployment key signature, generated by a trusted server and stored on the key. If the key is validated, a trust factor evaluation is performed by validating the deployment key against a second key, which is bound to a nonvolatile storage component containing a second key signature, generated by the trusted server based on a GUID of the nonvolatile storage component. Upon validating the trust factor, the platform boots into an unattended deployment mode loaded from the deployment key and validates an unattended deployment binary stored in the deployment key against the second key signature to establish a trusted execution session for loading unattended deployment modules from the deployment key and deploying the platform by executing the unattended deployment modules.


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