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Key recovery system

US11196549B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Vigneswaran Ponnusamy · Round Rock, US
Chitrak Gupta · Kanchinakote, IN
Sanjeev S. Dambal · Austin, US
Charles D. Stracener · Carrollton, US
Sanjay K. Rao · Palo Alto, US
Diwahar Natarajan · Austin, US
Sushma Basavarajaiah · Bengaluru, IN
Rama Rao Bisa · Kanchinakote, IN
Mukund P. Khatri · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 2019
Grant date	Dec 7, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/034
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A key retrieval system includes a management system and a managed system that is coupled to the management system through a network. The managed system includes a managed device, a management system configuration storage, a remote access controller device that stores a management system configuration for the management system in the management system configuration storage and provides a key management client subsystem that is configured to use the management system configuration to access the management system. The managed system also includes a BIOS. The BIOS detects an event that triggers unlocking the managed device. The BIOS determines that the remote access controller device is unavailable and, in response, retrieves the management system configuration and accesses the management system using the management system configuration. The BIOS then retrieves the locking key from the management system and unlocks the managed device using the locking key.

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