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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jason Matthew Young, Round Rock, TX (US);
Marshal F. Savage, Austin, TX (US);
Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide methods for validating hardware modifications of an IHS (Information Handling System) by confirming that a hardware modification corresponds to a hardware component supplied for installation in the IHS by a trusted entity. During factory provisioning of an IHS, an inventory certificate that specifies the factory installed IHS hardware is uploaded to the IHS and is also stored for ongoing support of the IHS. Upon a hardware component being supplied for installation in the IHS by a trusted entity, the inventory of the stored inventory certificate is updated to identify the supplied component and the updated certificate is transmitted to the IHS. An inventory of detected hardware components of the IHS is compared against the inventory from the updated inventory certificate in order to validate the detected hardware of the IHS includes the component, supplied by the trusted entity, that is identified in the updated inventory certificate.