Physical port validation for information handling systems

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12265625
APP PUB NO 20230127223A1
SERIAL NO

17508930

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Systems and procedures are provided for validating an IHS (Information Handling System) as operating using only factory-provisioned I/O ports. During factory provisioning of the IHS, a signed inventory certificate that includes an inventory of factory-provisioned I/O ports of the IHS is uploaded to the IHS. Upon delivery and initialization of the IHS, the inventory certificate is retrieved by a pre-boot validation process. An inventory of detected I/O ports of the IHS is then collected. The validation process compares the collected inventory of detected I/O ports against the inventory of factory-provisioned I/O ports from the inventory certificate in order to validate the IHS is operating using only factory-provisioned I/O ports. Through embodiments, any I/O ports of the IHS other than the I/O ports validated as factory-provisioned are not usable by any software or hardware of the IHS.

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DELL PRODUCTS L PONE DELL WAY ROUND ROCK TX 78682

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Khatri, Mukund P Austin, US 205 1702
Savage, Marshal F Austin, US 72 211
Young, Jason Matthew Round Rock, US 32 51

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