Abstract: An information handling system for instantiating a composed information handling includes hardware computing resources. The hardware computing resources includes a compute resource set that includes computing resources including a processor and a memory, and a hardware resource set including resources distinct from the compute resource set. The information also includes a hardware system control processor adapted to present a portion of the hardware resource set to a compute resource set of the composed information handling system as bare metal resources.

Abstract: A method for managing composed information handling systems includes obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system, making a first determination that a first information handling system is not capable of servicing the composition request local, and based on the first determination: allocating, an available resource on the first information handling system to the composed information handling system, sending a resource allocation request to a system control processor manager for access to an additional resource, obtain, in response to the allocation request, a notification for access to a second information handling system of the information handling systems that provides the available resource, setting up management services for available resource and the additional resource to obtain logical hardware resources, and presenting the logical hardware resources to at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources.

Abstract: A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems includes a composed information handling system that provides, at least in part, the computer implemented services and a system control processor manager. The system control processor manager instantiates a utilization monitor in a system control processor of the composed information handling system; and monitors, using the utilization monitor, a use rate of computing resources of the composed information handling system by a client.

Abstract: A system control processor manager for servicing workloads using composed information handling systems instantiated using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a workload manager. The workload manager obtains a workload request for a workload of the workloads; predicts future resource needs for the workload during a future time period; makes a determination that a portion of free resources of the information handling systems are available to meet the future resource needs; reserves the portion of the free resources based on the determination to obtain reserved resources during the future time period; and composes a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems using the reserved resources during the future time period to service the workload request.

Abstract: A device for managing composition of composed information handling includes persistent storage and a computer processor that obtains a composition request for a composed information handling system; makes a determination that the composition request is an intent based request; in response to the determination: matches an application specified by the composition request to computing resource requirements for the application; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one compute resource set having resources meeting the computing resources requirement; identifies, based on the computing resource requirements, at least one hardware resource set having resources meeting the computing resource requirements; sets up management services for the at least one hardware resource set using at least one control resource set to obtain logical hardware resources; and presents the logical hardware resources to the at least one compute resource set as bare metal resources.

Abstract: A system for providing computer implemented services using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a system control processor manager. The system control processor manager instantiates composed information handling systems using the information handling systems; monitors, using system control processors of the composed information handling systems, operation of the composed information handling systems to obtain operation information; makes a determination, based on the operation information, that the computing implemented services provided by the composed information handling systems are substandard; and in response to the determination: manages operation of the composed information handling systems to provide standards compliant computer implemented services by modifying a composition of at least one of the composed information handling systems using a system control processor of the system control processors.

Abstract: A method includes after being allocated to a composed information handling system of the composed information handling systems: monitoring, by a system control processor manager, health of computing resources of the composed information handling system, making a determination that a computing resource of the computing resources is in a compromised state, based on the determination, identifying a second computing resource currently allocated to a second composed information handling system, wherein the composed information handling system is associated with a first priority and the second composed information handling system is associated with a second priority, wherein the first priority is higher than the second priority, and replacing, after the deallocating, the compute resource with the second compute resource in the composed information handling system.

Abstract: A system control processor manager for performing workloads using composed information handling systems instantiated using information handling systems includes persistent storage and a workload manager. The workload manager obtains performance information for a workload of the workloads; makes a determination, based on the performance information, to suspend performance of the workload; in response to the determination: deallocates a first computing resource of a composed information handling system performing the workload to a reserved pool; and deallocates a second computing resource of the composed information handling system to a freely allocable pool.

Abstract: A workload compliance governor system includes a management system coupled to a computing system. A workload compliance governor subsystem in the computing system receives a workload performance request associated with a workload, exchanges hardware compose communications with the management system to compose hardware components for the workload, and receives back an identification of hardware components. The workload compliance governor subsystem then determines that the identified hardware components satisfy hardware compliance requirements for the workload, and configures the identified hardware components in the computing system based on the software compliance requirements for the workload in order to cause those identified hardware components to provide an operating system and at least one application that operate to perform the workload.

Abstract: A device access control system includes a first computing system that is coupled to a second computing system via a network, and that includes a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices, a central processing subsystem, and a device access control manager subsystem. The device access control manager subsystem identifies first application(s) configured for provisioning by the central processing subsystem and second application(s) configured for provisioning by the second computing system, configures the device access controller subsystem to provide the central processing subsystem access to a first subset of the devices to allow the central processing subsystem to provide the first application(s), and configures the device access controller subsystem to provide the second computing system access via the device access control manager subsystem to a second subset of the devices to allow the second computing device to provide the second application(s) using the second subset of the devices.

Abstract: A device access control system includes a computing system having a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices and a central processing subsystem. A device access control manager subsystem is coupled to the device access controller subsystem and operates, during initialization operations for the computing system, to identify application(s) that are configured to be provided by the central processing subsystem, and identify a first subset of the devices that satisfy application provisioning requirements for the application(s).

Abstract: A distributed secure communication system includes a first System Control Processor (SCP) subsystem coupled to second and third SCP subsystems via a network. The first SCP subsystem identifies the second SCP subsystem, signs a first SCP authentication communication with a first private key to provide a first signed SCP authentication communication that it transmits to the second SCP subsystem. The first SCP subsystem receives a second signed SCP authentication communication from the second SCP subsystem, authenticates the second signed SCP authentication communication using a second public key associated with the second SCP subsystem and, in response, establishes a first secure communication channel with the second SCP subsystem.

Abstract: An expanded availability computing system includes a first and second computing systems coupled together via a network. The first computing system includes a device access controller subsystem coupled to devices and a central processing subsystem that is configured to provide Software Defined Service(s) (SDS(s)) using the devices via the device access controller subsystem. A networking subsystem coupled to the device access controller subsystem determines that the at least one SDS is unavailable, configures the device access controller subsystem to receive SDS communications from the networking subsystem, enables remote access for the second computing system via the networking subsystem and through device access controller subsystem to the devices, and transmits SDS communications received from the second computing system to the devices via the device access controller subsystem so that the second computing device provides the SDS(s) using the devices via the device access controller subsystem.

Abstract: A reflective memory system includes network-connected computing systems including respective memory subsystems. A reflective memory management subsystem in a first computing system receives a processor memory-centric reflective write request associated with a local reflective memory write operation and remote reflective memory write operations, performs the local reflective memory write operation to write data to a memory subsystem in the first computing system, and uses remote memory access hardware to generate remote memory write information for performing the remote reflective memory write operations to write the data at respective second memory subsystems in second computing systems.

Abstract: A platform root-of-trust system includes a System Control Processor (SCP) subsystem coupled to a central processing subsystem, a BIOS subsystem, and an I/O device. In response to an initialization instruction, the SCP subsystem begins initialization operations prior to the beginning of initialization operations for the central processing subsystem, the BIOS subsystem, and the I/O device. As part of SCP initialization operations, the SCP subsystem validates SCP subsystem initialization information to provide validated SCP subsystem initialization information, and uses the validated SCP subsystem initialization information to complete the SCP initialization operations.

Abstract: A communication system personality provisioning system includes a communication system included in a computing system and coupled to a management system. The communication system stores authentication information in a UEFI database of a UEFI system in the communication system. The communication system receives a first operating software image and application/service from the management system, authenticates the first operating software image and application/service via first secure initialization operations performed by the UEFI system using the authentication information and, in response, installs the first operating software image and application/service on the communication system.

Abstract: A method for encrypting and decrypting data, that includes using an encryption key and an address associated with a memory device or a software instance. The method for encrypting and decrypting data may be performed by a hypervisor or by a configured processor. The method may include receiving a read or write request specifying an address; performing a first lookup, in an address mapping table, to identify a memory module address of a memory module associated with the address; performing a second lookup to identify an encryption key associated with the read or write request; generating a decryption or encryption request that includes the memory module address; and the encryption key; and sending the decryption or encryption request to the memory module.

Abstract: A method for storing encrypted data in a non-volatile memory device, that includes receiving, by a processor, an indication of a power interruption event; disabling, based on the indication, decryption of encrypted data read from a volatile memory module; copying the encrypted data from the volatile memory module to cache; and copying the encrypted data from the cache to the non-volatile memory device.

Abstract: There is disclosed a technique for use in managing data storage in a data storage system. A first metric indicative of a specified wear rate for a flash drive is determined where the flash drive has a first portion allocated as logical space and a second portion allocated as over-provisioning space. An allocation ratio indicative of the ratio between the first portion and the second portion is determined. The allocation ration is dynamically adjusted to cause the current wear rate to change.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving, via a storage processor of a storage system, a write request for writing a data portion to a storage array enclosure of non-volatile memory express (NVMe) drives communicatively coupled to the storage processor, where the write request may be received from a host. The data portion may be written to a persistent memory write cache within the storage array enclosure.