Dynamic burn slot allocator
View Patent ↗An information handling system receives a media access control address associated with a device installed in a burn slot, and determines a virtual private network that is associated with the media access control address. The system also determines a switch port in a network switch that corresponds to the virtual private network, and dynamically assigns the switch port that corresponds to the virtual private network to the device installed in the burn slot. The system instructs the network switch to route packets of data associated with the virtual private network via the switch port to the device installed in the burn slot.
1. An information handling system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory device storing instructions that when executed cause the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations including:
establishing an Ethernet communication with a device installed in a burn slot;
receiving a media access control address via the Ethernet communication from the device installed in the burn slot;
receiving a hardware identifier via the Ethernet communication from the device installed in the burn slot;
querying an electronic database for both the media access control address and the hardware identifier, the electronic database electronically associating customers to media access control addresses and to hardware identifiers including the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
identifying a customer of the customers in the electronic database that is electronically associated with both the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
determining a virtual private network that is associated with the customer;
determining an Ethernet switch port in an Ethernet switch that corresponds to the customer;
dynamically assigning the Ethernet switch port that corresponds to the customer to the device installed in the burn slot; and
instructing the Ethernet switch to route packets of data from the virtual private network via the Ethernet switch port to the device installed in the burn slot.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include obtaining the hardware identifier associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
3. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include determining a service tag associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
4. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include mapping the virtual private network to the media access control address.
5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include determining an Ethernet interface associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
6. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include mapping the Ethernet switch port to the virtual private network.
7. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an Ethernet switch, a media access control address associated with a device installed in a burn slot;
receiving a hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
querying an electronic database for both the media access control address and the hardware identifier, the electronic database electronically associating customers to media access control addresses and to hardware identifiers including the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
identifying one of the customers in the electronic database that is electronically associated with both the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
determining, by the Ethernet switch, a virtual private network that is associated with the customer;
determining an Ethernet switch port in the Ethernet switch that corresponds to the customer;
dynamically assigning, by the Ethernet switch, the burn slot to the Ethernet switch port; and
routing, by the Ethernet switch, packets of data associated with the virtual private network via the Ethernet switch port to the device installed in the burn slot.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising quarantining the device installed in the burn slot.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining a service tag associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining an Ethernet interface associated with the burn slot.
11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining an Ethernet interface associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising mapping the virtual private network to the media access control address.
13. A solid-state memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations including:
receiving a media access control address associated with a device installed in a burn slot;
receiving a hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
querying an electronic database for both the media access control address and the hardware identifier, the electronic database electronically associating customers to media access control addresses and to hardware identifiers including the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
identifying a customer of the customers in the electronic database that is electronically associated with both the media access control address and the hardware identifier from the device installed in the burn slot;
determining a virtual private network that is associated with the customer;
determining an Ethernet switch port in an Ethernet switch that corresponds to the customer;
dynamically assigning the Ethernet switch port that corresponds to the customer to the burn slot; and
routing packets of data associated with the virtual private network via the Ethernet switch port to the device installed in the burn slot.
14. The solid-state memory device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include determining a connection to the virtual private network.
15. The solid-state memory device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include determining a service tag associated with the device installed in the burn slot.
16. The solid-state memory device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include determining an Ethernet interface associated with the burn slot.
17. The solid-state memory device of claim 13 , wherein the operations further include determining an Ethernet interface associated with the device installed in the burn slot.