Patent ID: 11928639
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An IHS (Information Handling System) comprising:
a remote access controller comprising a cryptographically attestable shipping certificate uploaded to the remote access controller during factory provisioning of the IHS, wherein the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate specifies a plurality of shipping identifiers and identity information of the remote access controller, and wherein individual ones of the plurality of shipping identifiers specified in the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate are associated with one or more of a plurality of shipped packages used to ship at least the IHS;
one or more processors; and
one or more memory devices coupled to the processors, the memory devices storing computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the processors, cause a validation process to:
cryptographically affirm integrity of the plurality of shipping identifiers specified in the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate retrieved from the remote access controller of the IHS;
retrieve the identity information for the remote access controller specified in the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate;
retrieve the plurality of shipping identifiers specified in the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate uploaded to the remote access controller during the factory provisioning of the IHS;
compare identity information of the remote access controller of the IHS, obtained from the remote access controller, against the retrieved identity information for the remote access controller from the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate;
compare a plurality of shipping identifiers collected from a plurality of received packages against the plurality of shipping identifiers from the cryptographically attestable shipping certificate retrieved from the remote access controller of the IHS;
responsive to the two comparisons indicating a match, validate the plurality of received packages as the same as the plurality of shipped packages used to ship at least the IHS; and
provide information regarding the validation of the plurality of received packages to a user.