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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
A Anis Ahmed, Bangalore, IN;
Jason Matthew Young, Round Rock, TX (US);
Pallavi Satpathy, Bhubaneswar, IN;
Kalyani Korubilli, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for supporting secure swapping of replaceable hardware components of IHSs (Information Handling Systems). During factory provisioning of an IHS, a factory-signed inventory certificate is uploaded to the IHS that identifies factory-installed hardware of the IHS. Factory provisioning also generates a ledger certificate that identifies replaceable hardware of the IHS that may occasionally be swapped from the IHS. Upon receipt of the IHS by the administrator, validation procedures use the inventory certificate to validate the detected IHS hardware as factory-installed. When discrepancies are identified in the detected hardware, the ledger certificate is retrieved and consulted to determine whether the discrepancy is due to movement of swappable hardware. The ledger certificate is then updated for use in validating the movement of the replaceable hardware.