Adaptive Telemetry Transmission in Zero-Trust IHS
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) face challenges in efficiently managing and transmitting telemetry data within zero-trust computing environments, leading to potential security vulnerabilities and inadequate access validation.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of adaptive telemetry collection and transmission systems within IHSs, which involve identifying ready telemetry, determining its position in a telemetry chain, and selecting appropriate signaling pathways for transmission based on this position, ensuring secure and responsive data handling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all telemetry data is transmitted continuously through standard pathways, then complete monitoring information is available, but network bandwidth is consumed and transmission delays occur under resource-constrained conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments telemetry data into different priority levels (critical, important, routine) and routes them through different signaling pathways. Critical telemetry uses sideband management pathways for immediate transmission, while routine telemetry uses standard in-band pathways, thereby ensuring reliable access validation for critical operations while maintaining overall transmission efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a telemetry orchestrator as an intermediary component that receives telemetry definitions from policy decision points and dynamically configures telemetry collection and transmission. This orchestrator acts as a mediator between data producers and consumers, optimizing the transmission pathway selection based on current system conditions and resource availability.
2Productivity
If telemetry transmission uses standard in-band signaling pathways, then network infrastructure is utilized efficiently, but security vulnerabilities increase and access control reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates telemetry transmission into two distinct segments: critical security-related telemetry transmitted through secure sideband management pathways, and non-critical operational telemetry transmitted through standard in-band networking pathways. This segmentation ensures that network utilization remains efficient for routine operations while security-critical communications maintain reliability through isolated, secure channels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different transmission quality standards to different telemetry data types. Critical telemetry requiring high security and reliability is transmitted through dedicated sideband pathways with enhanced security measures, while standard telemetry uses conventional in-band pathways, thereby optimizing the balance between security reliability and network utilization efficiency.
3Speed
If telemetry collection frequency is increased to ensure timely data availability, then access validation responsiveness improves, but system resource consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic telemetry collection where the collection frequency and pathways are adjusted in real-time based on system conditions, telemetry definitions from policy decision points, and current resource availability. Critical telemetry may be collected at high frequency through sideband pathways when security concerns arise, while routine telemetry uses lower frequency standard pathways during normal operations, thereby optimizing both responsiveness and resource consumption.
4Reliability
If multiple signaling pathways are implemented for telemetry transmission, then transmission reliability and security improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a telemetry orchestrator as a centralized intermediary that manages the complexity of multiple signaling pathways. This orchestrator receives telemetry definitions from policy decision points and automatically configures the appropriate collection and transmission pathways, thereby improving transmission reliability through multi-pathway support while hiding the underlying complexity from individual components and simplifying system management.
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AI summary
Systems and methods provide adaptive collection of telemetry by an Information Handling System (IHS). Telemetry is identified that is ready for transmission by the IHS. A position of the telemetry is determined within a telemetry chain of telemetry generated by the IHS. A signaling pathway is selected for transmission of the telemetry based on the position of the telemetry within the telemetry chain.