Patent ID: 11899831
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A manageability controller of a server for managing hardware changes, the manageability controller comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium coupled to the processor, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
determine whether a tamper detection is enabled, wherein the tamper detection is enabled to monitor changes in a set of hardware devices that are separate from the server and connected to an enclosure hosting the server;
in response to determining that the tamper detection is enabled, determine whether there is a change in a hardware device by comparing a current hardware configuration of the set of hardware devices with a baseline hardware configuration of the set of hardware devices;
in response to determining that there is change in the hardware device,
determine whether the change in the hardware device is unauthorized based on a permissible hardware change for the hardware device;
perform a security action in response to determining that the change in the hardware device is unauthorized; and
enable the tamper detection at the server automatically based on a geographical location received from a chassis manager, wherein the geographical location is received by the chassis manager from a receiver in the enclosure.