Granted Patent B2

US 12,363,203 · App. 17/569,109 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: John S. Harwood (Boston, MA); Elie Antoun Jreij (Pflugerville, TX); Susan Elizabeth Young (North Scituate, RI); Edward Henry (Jurupa Valley, CA); Robert Anthony Lincourt, Jr. (Franklin, MA); Gaurav Chawla (Austin, TX); Douglas L. Farley (Round Rock, TX)

Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.

H04L67/60H04L67/12H04L67/51

Abstract

Claims (98)

1. A method for managing telemetry services for composed information handling systems, comprising:

obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user, wherein the telemetry request comprises:

a user identifier associated with the user, and

a transaction identifier associated with the composed information handling system, wherein a telemetry data map is associated with the transaction identifier and wherein the telemetry data map comprises a telemetry data map entry that maps at least one physical component to at least one logical component of the composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the telemetry request:

identifying the transaction identifier associated with the telemetry request;

identifying telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request, wherein the telemetry intent specifies a desired outcome associated with a portion of the composed information handling system without specifying particular actions to be taken or data to be collected;

obtaining telemetry data based on identifying the transaction identifier and the telemetry intent;

aggregating the telemetry data based on the telemetry intent and the telemetry data map to obtain aggregated telemetry data; and

providing the aggregated telemetry data to the user via a connection between the system control processor manager and a device of the user, wherein the aggregated telemetry data satisfies the telemetry intent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the telemetry data map entry comprises:

the transaction identifier;

hardware resource tags;

compute resource tags;

data collector identifiers associated with data collectors; and

telemetry policies.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the telemetry intent is associated with a portion of the hardware resource tags.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent comprises identifying a portion of the telemetry data associated with the hardware resource tags.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the aggregated telemetry data comprises the portion of the telemetry data.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

prior to obtaining the telemetry request:

obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the composition request:

identifying at least one compute resource set having compute resources specified by the composition request;

identifying at least one hardware resource set having hardware resources specified by the composition request;

setting up telemetry services for the composed information handling system using an at least one control resource set; and

instantiating the composed information handling system using at least one control resource set, the at least one hardware resource set, and the at least one compute resource set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein setting up the telemetry services for the composed information handling system comprises:

generating the transaction identifier associated with the composed information handling system;

generating hardware resource tags associated with the at least one hardware resource set;

generating compute resource tags associated with the at least one compute resource set;

instantiating data collectors associated with the composed information handling system;

identifying telemetry policies associated with the composed information handling system;

generating the telemetry data map entry that associates the transaction identifier, the hardware resource tags, the compute resource tags, the telemetry policies, and the data collectors; and

initiating performance of telemetry services based on the telemetry data map entry.

8. 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 telemetry services for composed information handling systems, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user, wherein the telemetry request comprises:

a user identifier associated with the user, and

a transaction identifier associated with the composed information handling system, wherein a telemetry data map is associated with the transaction identifier and wherein the telemetry data map comprises a telemetry data map entry that maps at least one physical component to at least one logical component of the composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the telemetry request:

identifying the transaction identifier associated with the telemetry request;

identifying telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request, wherein the telemetry intent specifies a desired outcome associated with a portion of the composed information handling system without specifying particular actions to be taken or data to be collected;

obtaining telemetry data based on identifying the transaction identifier and the telemetry intent;

aggregating the telemetry data based on the telemetry intent and the telemetry data map to obtain aggregated telemetry data; and

providing the aggregated telemetry data to the user via a connection between the system control processor manager and a device of the user, wherein the aggregated telemetry data satisfies the telemetry intent.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the telemetry data map entry comprises:

the transaction identifier;

hardware resource tags;

compute resource tags;

data collector identifiers associated with data collectors; and

telemetry policies.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the telemetry intent is associated with a portion of the hardware resource tags.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent comprises identifying a portion of the telemetry data associated with the hardware resource tags.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the aggregated telemetry data comprises the portion of the telemetry data.

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

prior to obtaining the telemetry request:

obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the composition request:

identifying at least one compute resource set having compute resources specified by the composition request;

identifying at least one hardware resource set having hardware resources specified by the composition request;

setting up telemetry services for the composed information handling system using an at least one control resource set; and

instantiating the composed information handling system using at least one control resource set, the at least one hardware resource set, and the at least one compute resource set.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein setting up the telemetry services for the composed information handling system comprises:

generating the transaction identifier associated with the composed information handling system;

generating hardware resource tags associated with the at least one hardware resource set;

generating compute resource tags associated with the at least one compute resource set;

instantiating data collectors associated with the composed information handling system;

identifying telemetry policies associated with the composed information handling system;

generating the telemetry data map entry that associates the transaction identifier, the hardware resource tags, the compute resource tags, the telemetry policies, and the data collectors; and

initiating performance of telemetry services based on the telemetry data map entry.

15. A system for performing state management services for composed information handling systems, comprising:

a plurality of information handling systems comprising a plurality of system control processors; and

a system control processor manager, comprising a processor and memory, programmed to: obtain a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user, wherein the telemetry request comprises:

a user identifier associated with the user, and

a transaction identifier associated with the composed information handling system, wherein a telemetry data map is associated with the transaction identifier and wherein the telemetry data map comprises a telemetry data map entry that maps at least one physical component to at least one logical component of the composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the telemetry request:

identify the transaction identifier associated with the telemetry request;

identify telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request, wherein the telemetry intent specifies a desired outcome associated with a portion of the composed information handling system without specifying particular actions to be taken or data to be collected;

obtaining telemetry data based on identifying the transaction identifier and the telemetry intent;

aggregate the telemetry data based on the telemetry intent and the telemetry data map to obtain aggregated telemetry data; and

provide the aggregated telemetry data to the user via a connection between the system control processor manager and a device of the user, wherein the aggregated telemetry data satisfies the telemetry intent.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the telemetry data map entry comprises:

the transaction identifier;

hardware resource tags;

compute resource tags;

data collector identifiers associated with data collectors; and

telemetry policies.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the telemetry intent is associated with a portion of the hardware resource tags.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent comprises identifying a portion of the telemetry data associated with the hardware resource tags.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the aggregated telemetry data comprises the portion of the telemetry data.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the system control processor manager is further programmed to:

prior to obtaining the telemetry request:

obtain a composition request for a composed information handling system;

in response to obtaining the composition request:

identify at least one compute resource set having compute resources specified by the composition request;

identify at least one hardware resource set having hardware resources specified by the composition request;

set up telemetry services for the composed information handling system using an at least one control resource set; and

instantiate the composed information handling system using at least one control resource set, the at least one hardware resource set, and the at least one compute resource set.

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