Granted Patent B2

US 11,698,796 · App. 17/238,903 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Inventors: Lucas Avery Wilson (Cedar Park, TX); Dharmesh M. Patel (Round Rock, TX)

Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

G06F9/44505G06F15/82

Abstract

Claims (59)

1. A method for managing a set of information handling systems, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a zone-leading information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a first hardware resource information entry from a first information handling system in a first zone;

obtaining a second hardware resource information entry from a second information handling system in the first zone;

performing a stackable system role (SSR) entry analysis based on the first hardware resource information entry, the second hardware resource information entry, and a third hardware resource information entry, wherein the third hardware resource information entry is associated with the zone-leading information handling system;

determining, based on the SSR entry analysis, a set of SSRs, wherein each SSR in the set of SSRs corresponds to each of: the first information handling system, the second information handling system, and the zone-leading information handling system;

initiating a SSR distribution of SSR entries based on the set of SSRs,

wherein the SSR distribution results in the first information handling system performing a first functionality of a first SSR of the set of SSRs and the second information handling system performing a second functionality of a second SSR of the set of SSRs; and

implementing a third functionality of a third SSR of the zone-leading information handling system, wherein the third SSR comprises: a worker setting, a storage setting, a manage setting, and an external access setting.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the SSR distribution comprises:

distributing a first SSR instruction to the first information handling system;

distributing a second SSR instruction to the second information handling system; and

executing a third SSR instruction on the zone-leading information handling system.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

prior to distributing the first SSR instruction, encoding the first SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a first encoding value;

distributing the first encoding value to the first information handling system;

prior to distributing the second SSR instruction, encoding the second SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a second encoding value; and

distributing the second encoding value to the second information handling system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein an SSR entry of the SSR entries comprises at least the first SSR.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the SSR entry further comprises a SSR uncertainty field.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the SSR entry further comprises vendor certification information.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing local data systems, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a zone-leading information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a first hardware resource information entry from a first information handling system in a first zone;

obtaining a second hardware resource information entry from a second information handling system in the first zone;

performing a stackable system role (SSR) entry analysis based on the first hardware resource information entry, the second hardware resource information entry, and a third hardware resource information entry, wherein the third hardware resource information entry is associated with the zone-leading information handling system;

determining, based on the SSR entry analysis, a set of SSRs, wherein each SSR in the set of SSRs corresponds to each of: the first information handling system, the second information handling system, and the zone-leading information handling system;

initiating a SSR distribution of SSR entries based on the set of SSRs, wherein the SSR distribution results in the first information handling system performing a first functionality of a first SSR of the set of SSRs and the second information handling system performing a second functionality of a second SSR of the set of SSRs; and

implementing a third functionality of a third SSR of the zone-leading information handling system, wherein the third SSR comprises: a worker setting, a storage setting, a manage setting, and an external access setting.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein initiating the SSR distribution comprises:

distributing a first SSR instruction to the first information handling system;

distributing a second SSR instruction to the second information handling system; and

executing a third SSR instruction on the zone-leading information handling system.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , the method further comprising:

prior to distributing the first SSR instruction, encoding the first SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a first encoding value;

distributing the first encoding value to the first information handling system;

prior to distributing the second SSR instruction, encoding the second SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a second encoding value; and

distributing the second encoding value to the second information handling system.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , wherein an SSR entry of the SSR entries comprises at least the first SSR.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the SSR entry further comprises a SSR uncertainty field.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the SSR entry further comprises vendor certification information.

13. A system, comprising:

a zone-leading information handling system of a set of information handling systems; and

memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the zone-leading information handling system, perform a method comprising:

obtaining, by a zone-leading information handling system of the set of information handling systems, a first hardware resource information entry from a first information handling system in a first zone;

obtaining a second hardware resource information entry from a second information handling system in the first zone;

performing a stackable system role (SSR) entry analysis based on the first hardware resource information entry, the second hardware resource information entry, and a third hardware resource information entry, wherein the third hardware resource information entry is associated with the zone-leading information handling system;

determining, based on the SSR entry analysis, a set of SSRs, wherein each SSR in the set of SSRs corresponds to each of: the first information handling system, the second information handling system, and the zone-leading information handling system;

initiating a SSR distribution of SSR entries based on the set of SSRs, wherein the SSR distribution results in the first information handling system performing a first functionality of a first SSR of the set of SSRs and the second information handling system performing a second functionality of a second SSR of the set of SSRs; and

implementing a third functionality of a third SSR of the zone-leading information handling system, wherein the third SSR comprises: a worker setting, a storage setting, a manage setting, and an external access setting.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein initiating the SSR distribution comprises:

distributing a first SSR instruction to the first information handling system;

distributing a second SSR instruction to the second information handling system; and

executing a third SSR instruction on the zone-leading information handling system.

15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:

prior to distributing the first SSR instruction, encoding the first SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a first encoding value;

distributing the first encoding value to the first information handling system;

prior to distributing the second SSR instruction, encoding the second SSR instruction using a private key to obtain a second encoding value; and

distributing the second encoding value to the second information handling system.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein an SSR entry of the SSR entries comprises at least the first SSR.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the SSR entry further comprises a SSR uncertainty field.

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