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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESETTING CREDENTIALS FOR A MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM

Application US20260099572A1 Kind: A1 Apr 09, 2026

Assignee

Dell Products L.P.

Inventors

Harshendra Shetty, Shivendra Katiyar, Nikhil S

Abstract

Systems and methods provide a password reset for a management controller, which is not exposed to the Internet. Upon receiving a request to reset the password, the management controller generates computer-readable information such as a barcode, where the computer-readable information indicates attributes of an information handling system associated with the management controller as well as a timestamp. A user can transmit the computer-readable information to a vendor application service via for example a mobile device that reads the computer-readable information. The vendor application service verifies the request and generates a temporary password from the timestamp and the attributes. Independently of the vendor application service, the management controller also generates the temporary password from the timestamp in the attributes. The vendor application service may then cause the temporary password to be sent to verified contact information.

CPC Classifications

G06F 21/31 H04L 9/3247 H04L 63/0838 H04L 63/0846 G06F 2221/2131

Filing Date

2025-12-10

Application No.

19414560

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