Patent ID: 11924285
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center connectivity management operation, comprising:
providing a data center asset with a connectivity management system client;
establishing a secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and a connectivity management system, the establishing the secure communication channel establishing the connectivity management system client in a trusted and claimed state, the trusted state indicating a channel of communication with the connectivity management system client is guaranteed, the claimed state indicating the connectivity management system client is authenticated and bound to a user of a data center service provided by a data center monitoring and management console, the connectivity management system including a connectivity management system aggregator, the connectivity management system aggregator interacting with the connectivity management system client to establish the secure communication channel;
exchanging information between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the connectivity management system client and the connectivity management system, the information including a provisioning request; and,
providing provisioning information to the data center asset via the secure communication channel.