US Patent Application 17728362. Secure Certificate Storage When a Connectivity Management System Client is Running on an Operating System simplified abstract

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Secure Certificate Storage When a Connectivity Management System Client is Running on an Operating System

Organization Name

Dell Products L.P.


Inventor(s)

Elie A. Jreij of Pflugerville TX (US)


Dominique Prunier of Montreal (CA)


Sudhir V. Shetty of Cedar Park TX (US)


Eric Williams of Champaign IL (US)


Michael E. Brown of Austin TX (US)


Secure Certificate Storage When a Connectivity Management System Client is Running on an Operating System - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17728362 Titled 'Secure Certificate Storage When a Connectivity Management System Client is Running on an Operating System'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a system, method, and computer-readable medium for monitoring and managing a data center. The system involves providing a data center asset with a client module, establishing a connection between the client module and a connectivity management system of a monitoring and management console, exchanging information between the client module and the connectivity management system, and establishing a secure communication channel for exchanging information between the client module and the monitoring and management console.


Original Abstract Submitted

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module; establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and a connectivity management system of a data center monitoring and management console, the connectivity management system comprising a connectivity management system aggregator and a connectivity management system service; exchanging attestation and proof of ownership information between the data center asset communication client module and the connectivity management system service of the connectivity management system; establishing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system aggregator based upon the attestation and proof of ownership information; and, exchanging information between the data center asset client module and the data center monitoring and management console via the secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system aggregator.