Patent ID: 11907153
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A managed system, comprising:
a first processor; and
a local subscription manager adapted to perform operations for managing operation of the managed system in a distributed system to comply with subscriptions, wherein the local subscription manager is a management controller installed within the managed system and is distinct and separate from a processor of the managed system, and wherein the operations comprising:
obtaining a subscription update for the managed system;
performing one or more subscription enablement actions to modify operation of the managed system to match the subscription, the subscriptions being maintained by a subscription manager that provided the subscription update, wherein performing the one or more subscription enablement actions to modify operation of the managed system comprises:
instructing, by a second processor of the local subscription manager, the first processor to perform the one or more subscription enablement actions;

adding an entry to a subscription information repository accessible by the local subscription manager, the entry specifying, in part:
a subscription limitation, and
one or more actions associated with the subscription limitation being exceeded; and

enforcing, using the second processor to instruct the first processor to perform one or more actions that enforce the subscriptions, the subscriptions on the managed system using the subscription information repository.