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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Deepaganesh Paulraj, Bangalore, IN;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an Information Handling System (IHS), comprises an SPDM-enabled device conforming to a SPDM specification. The SPDM-enabled device causes the IHS to identify a device in the IHS having optional hardware features, provision activation data for the optional hardware features, and activate the optional hardware features by sending SPDM messages to the device. The IHS comprises a host processor module configured to host one or more processors, a secure control module configured to host a baseboard management controller, and a secure control interface configured to support communication between the secure control module and the host processor module. The one or more processors have optional hardware features. The one or more processors may be Software Defined Silicon (SDSi) devices. The baseboard management controller identifies the device having optional hardware features using a SPDM GET_CERTIFICATE request message sent to the devices.