Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to using a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a computing device with a private and public key that is used for license provisioning. A public key is obtained from the BMC. The public key is sent to a license device external to the computing device. Encrypted license information is received from the license device. Decrypted license information is obtained from the BMC based on the encrypted license information.

Abstract: An automatic identification system in a computer system having a plurality of hardware instances located on hardware devices in the computer system. The computer system includes a plurality of physical slots each configured to receive a hardware device and referenced by a slot number. The system comprises means for assigning a hardware instance value to each of the plurality of hardware instances, the hardware instance value being unique within the computer system when two or more of the plurality of physical slots are assigned a slot number that is not unique within the computer system. Advantageously, the hardware instance value is unique within the computer system when two or more of the plurality of hardware instances are located on one of the hardware devices or when one or more of the hardware devices is installed in an expansion chassis coupled to the computer system.