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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Amy Christine Nelson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Vivekanandh Narayanasamy Rajagopalan, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A field replaceable unit can be verified before replacement. An integrity plugin on a customer device can be configured to compute a hash of each field replaceable unit on the customer device. The integrity plugin can share these hashes with an integrity service which can use the hashes to generate an integrity status of the field replaceable units. The integrity service can maintain the integrity status of the field replaceable units in an integrity database. When the customer requests replacement of a field replaceable unit, a technician device can interface with the integrity plugin to obtain a computed hash of the field replaceable unit. The integrity status for the field replaceable unit can then be used to evaluate the computed hash to thereby verify the integrity of the field replaceable unit. If the verification fails, the technician can forego replacing the field replaceable unit under a support or warranty plan.