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

Claim 13:
14. A chassis manager within an enclosure for managing hardware changes, the chassis manager comprising:
a processing resource; and
a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium coupled to the processing resource, the non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by the processing resource causes the processing resource to:
determine a status of presence pins in slots of an enclosure, wherein a plurality of hardware devices are connected to the slots in the enclosure, wherein the status of presence pins indicates presence of the plurality of hardware devices, and wherein the chassis manager is communicatively coupled to the plurality of hardware devices;
determine whether a hardware device is removed and a new hardware device is inserted at a slot of the enclosure based on the status of presence pins;
determine, in response to determining that the hardware device is removed and the new hardware device is inserted in the slot, whether the new hardware device is unauthorized by comparing the new hardware device with a permissible hardware change for the hardware device;
perform a security action in response to determining that the new hardware device is unauthorized; and
enable a tamper detection at the enclosure based on a geographical location received from a receiver in the enclosure.