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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2023
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Surendra Singh Chauhan, Kishangarh, IN;
Udit Tyagi, Bangalore, IN;
Manikandan Sethuraman, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain, from an access authorization server, a usage-based access authorization for software associated with controlling delivery of input-output operations to a storage system over selected ones of a plurality of paths through a network. The processing device is also configured to provision access authorization for the software to multi-path input-output drivers of a plurality of host devices. The processing device is further configured to receive, from the multi-path input-output drivers, usage information characterizing usage by the host devices of the software over a designated time period. The processing device is further configured to modify the provisioning of the access authorization for the software to the multi-path input-output drivers responsive to determining that the usage of the software by the host devices over the designated time period exceeds an allowable amount of usage specified in the usage-based access authorization.