Patent ID: 8474015

Claim:
A system to manage feature enablement in an information handling system, the system comprising: the information handling system including a non-volatile memory accessible to a processor, wherein the non-volatile memory stores feature enablement information related to a feature that the information handling system is to provide, wherein the feature enablement information includes a key license, and wherein the non-volatile memory stores instructions that are accessible to the processor and executable by the processor to: send the feature enablement information to an external system after the information handling system is deployed, wherein the external system comprises a chassis management system local to the information handling system, and wherein the external system is to provide the feature enablement information to the information handling system and to a requesting system; request the feature enablement information from the external system in response to receiving a request for the information handling system to provide the feature to the requesting system; receiving, from the external system, an error message denying the key license when the maximum number of key licenses is being used; and receive the key license from the external system when fewer than a maximum number of key licenses are being used, wherein a number of key licenses being used for the feature is adjusted after the key license is received from the external system, wherein the number of key licenses being used for the feature is adjusted, by incrementing or decrementing, after the key license is received from the external system.