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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ajay A. Apte, Austin, TX (US);
John Yow-Chun Chang, Austin, TX (US);
Ching-Yun Chao, Austin, TX (US);
Patrick L. Davis, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Rohan Gandhi, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Hugh E. Hockett, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yuhsuke Kaneyasu, Tokyo, JP;
Lewis Lo, Toronto, CA;
Matthew D. McClintock, Morrisville, NC (US);
Scott C. Moonen, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Ki H. Park, Cary, NC (US);
Ankit Patel, Austin, TX (US);
Kin Ueng, Austin, TX (US);
Iqbal M. Umair, Mississauga, CA;
Leonardo A. Uzcategui, Westminster, CO (US);
Barbara J. Vander Weele, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A first management node of a first rack can be registered to a shared file storage system by establishing a mutual trust relationship between the first management node and the shared file storage system. The first management node can access a plurality of respective public keys and a plurality of respective certificates of authority that are stored in the shared file storage system and associated with a plurality of respective registered management nodes. The first management node can store a public key and a certificate of authority in the shared file storage system. The first management node can form mutual trust relationships with other registered management nodes. The first management node can validate authenticity of messages received from registered management nodes of the plurality of registered management nodes using a respective public key and a respective certificate of authority associated with a respective registered management node sending a message.