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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Mini Thottunkal Thankappan, Bangalore, IN;
Vineeth Radhakrishnan, Palakkad, IN;
Dharma Bhushan Ramaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Shinose Abdul Rahiman, Bangalore, IN;
Rama Rao Bisa, Bangalore, IN;
A Anis Ahmed, Bangalore, IN;
Jason Matthew Young, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for validation and enforcement of the use of factory-provisioned geographic restrictions for the operation of certain hardware components of IHSs (Information Handling Systems). During factory provisioning of the IHS, a factory-signed certificate is uploaded to the IHS that identifies the factory-installed hardware of the IHS and any geographic restrictions on those individual hardware components, such as restrictions that limit the operation of specialized hardware to a particular data center. Upon deployment of the IHS, validation procedures use an inventory from the certificate to validate the detected IHS hardware as factory-installed. The validation procedures use the geographic restriction from the certificate to confirm the detected IHS hardware is configured to operate at the location at which the IHS is operation.