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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2015
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Sudhir Vittal Shetty, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Arun Sarat Yerra, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Harish R. Gajulapalle, San Jose, CA (US);
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A control unit that is configured to instruct a device to implement a limitation on a port and broadcast a controller address. The control unit is further configured to receive first identification information associated with a second device connected to the port from the device, the first identification information being addressed to the controller address. Additionally, the control unit is configured to establish a communication link with the second device through the device and the port, receive second identification information associated with the second device over the communication link, determine whether the second device is authorized based on a policy, determine whether the first identification information and second identification information match, and instruct the first device to remove the limitation on the port in response to determining that the second device is authorized and that the first identification information matches the second identification information.