Method and system for performing telemetry services for composed information handling systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023216666-A1
Application number	US-202217569127-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 5, 2022
Priority date	Jan 5, 2022
Publication date	Jul 6, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Techniques described herein relate to a method for performing telemetry services for composed information handling systems. The method includes obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user associated with a group; in response to obtaining the telemetry request: identifying a telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request; aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent to obtain aggregated telemetry data; encrypting the aggregated telemetry data based on telemetry distribution information associated with the group to obtain encrypted aggregated telemetry data; and providing the encrypted aggregated telemetry data to the group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for performing telemetry services for composed information handling systems, comprising:
obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user associated with a group; in response to obtaining the telemetry request:
identifying a telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request;
aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent to obtain aggregated telemetry data;
encrypting the aggregated telemetry data based on telemetry distribution information associated with the group to obtain encrypted aggregated telemetry data; and
providing the encrypted aggregated telemetry data to the group.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent comprises identifying a portion of the telemetry data associated with the composed information handling system that satisfies to the telemetry intent.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the aggregated telemetry data comprises the portion of the telemetry data.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the telemetry distribution information comprises:
a group identifier associated with the composed information handling system; user identifiers associated with the group identifier; and encryption keys associated with the group identifier, wherein the group is identified using the group identifier.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein encrypting the aggregated telemetry data based on the telemetry distribution information associated with the user and the composed information handling system comprises:
identifying the group identifier associated with the group; and encrypting the aggregated telemetry data using the encryption keys associated with the group identifier.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to obtaining the telemetry request:
obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system;
in response to obtaining the composition request:
identifying at least one compute resource set having compute resources specified by the composition request
identifying at least one hardware resource set having hardware resources specified by the composition request;
setting up telemetry services for the at least one hardware resources set and the at least one compute resource set; and
instantiating the composed information handling system using at least one control resource set, the at least one hardware resource set, and the at least one compute resource set.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein setting up telemetry services for the composed information handling system comprises:
identifying users associated with the composition request, wherein the users comprise the user; making a determination that the composition request is not associated with an existing group; and in response to the determination:
generating new group telemetry distribution information associated with the users and the composed information handling system;
instantiating data collectors to generate the telemetry data for the composed information handling system; and
associating the data collectors with the new group telemetry distribution information.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for performing telemetry services for composed information handling systems, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a system control processor manager, a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system from a user associated with a group; in response to obtaining the telemetry request:
identifying a telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request;
aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent to obtain aggregated telemetry data;
encrypting the aggregated telemetry data based on telemetry distribution information associated with the group to obtain encrypted aggregated telemetry data; and
providing the encrypted aggregated telemetry data to the group.

9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein aggregating telemetry data based on the telemetry intent comprises identifying a portion of the telemetry data associated with the composed information handling system that satisfies to the telemetry intent.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the aggregated telemetry data comprises the portion of the telemetry data.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the telemetry distribution information comprises:
a group identifier associated with the composed information handling system; user identifiers associated with the group identifier; and encryption keys associated with the group identifier, wherein the group is identified using the group identifier.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein encrypting the aggregated telemetry data based on the telemetry distribution information associated with the user and the composed information handling system comprises:
identifying the group identifier associated with the group; and encrypting the aggregated telemetry data using the encryption keys associated with the group identifier.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
prior to obtaining the telemetry request:
obtaining a composition request for a composed information handling system;
in response to obtaining the composition request:
identifying at least one compute resource set having compute resources specified by the composition request
identifying at least one hardware resource set having hardware resources specified by the composition request;
setting up telemetry services for the at least one hardware resources set and the at least one compute resource set; and
instantiating the composed information handling system using at least one control resource set, the at least one hardware resource set, and the at least one compute resource set.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein setting up telemetry services for the composed information handling system comprises:
identifying users associated with the composition request, wherein the users comprise the user; making a determination that the composition request is not associated with an existing group; and in response to the determination:
generating new group telemetry distribution information associated with the users and the composed information handling system;
instantiating data collectors to generate the telemetry data for the composed information handling system; and
associating the data collectors with the new group telemetry distribution information.

15 . A system for performing telemetry services for composed information handling systems, comprising:
a plurality of composed information handling systems, wherein the plurality of composed information handling systems comprise a plurality of system control processors; and a system control processor manager, comprising a processor and memory, programmed to:
obtain a telemetry request associated with a composed information handling system of the plurality of composed information handling system from a user associated with a group;
in response to obtaining the telemetry request:
identify a telemetry intent associated with the telemetry request;
aggregate telemetry data based on the telemetry intent to obtain aggregated telemetry data;
encrypt

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Harwood John S
• Jreij Elie Antoun
• Young Susan Elizabeth
• Henry Edward
• Lincourt Jr Robert Anthony
• Chawla Gaurav
• Farley Douglas L

Classifications

• H04L9/0833 Primary

  involving conference or group key (network architectures or network communication protocols for key management in group communication in a packet data network H04L63/065) · CPC title

• H04L63/065 Primary

  for group communications (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management involving conference or group key H04L9/0833) · CPC title

• G06F21/62

  Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules · CPC title

• H04L43/04

  Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation · CPC title

• H04L9/0894

  Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage · CPC title