Information handling system configuration parameter history management

• US 10,521,244 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2017
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Gatson, Michael S., Kozlowski, Joseph, Lo, Yuan-Chang, Vichare, Nikhil M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Whipple, Brian
• Application Number:
  US15/666,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20170357525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method and information handling system comprising receiving, at the management information handling system, legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values of the legacy client information handling system, information handling system configuration parameter values comprising motherboard configuration parameter values and component configuration parameter values, storing the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values in a memory device, and identifying, via a processor at the management information handling system, replacement client information handling system performance enhancements relative to legacy client information handling system performance constraints. Executing, via an application processor, instructions of a system configuration management system to determine replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values based on the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements.

Claims

1. A method, at a management information handling system, comprising:

receiving, at the management information handling system, legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values of the legacy client information handling system, information handling system configuration parameter values comprising motherboard configuration parameter values and component configuration parameter values;

receiving legacy utilization data for usage of various hardware systems at the legacy client information handling system;

storing the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values and legacy utilization data in a memory device;

identifying, via a processor at the management information handling system, replacement client information handling system performance enhancements relative to legacy client information handling system performance constraints;

executing, via an application processor, instructions of a system configuration management system to determine replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values based on the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements, legacy utilization data, and option selections for legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values; and

electronically transmitting the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values to a new replacement client information handling system.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise an indication of a need for fast charging a battery and the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements include an improved replacement client information handling system battery charging rate relative to legacy client information handling system battery charging rate.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the legacy client information handling system performance data indicate a legacy client information handling system cache utilization data such that the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements require a replacement client information handling system cache size in accord with recorded legacy cache utilization data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements comprise improved power consumption parameters that meet the the legacy client information handling system performance data indicating usage trends of the legacy client information handling system.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting a command to apply settings according to the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements comprise an improved display brightness capability corresponding to a legacy client information handling system display brightness parameter value and modified by an increased nits display configuration parameter value.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the increased nits display configuration parameter value provides an improved performance selected from a group consisting of a brightness and a video memory utilization.

8. A management information handling system comprising:

a network adapter to receive legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values of a legacy client information handling system, information handling system configuration parameter values comprising motherboard configuration parameter values, and component configuration parameter values;

receiving legacy utilization data for usage of various hardware systems at the legacy client information handling system;

a memory device to store the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values and legacy utilization data in a memory device;

an application processor executing instructions executing instructions of a system configuration management system;

to determine replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values based on the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values, the legacy utilization data, and the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements over the legacy client information handling system performance constraints; and

electronically transmitting the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values to a new replacement client information handling system for application.

9. The management information handling system of claim 8 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements are an improved replacement client information handling system battery charging rate reflecting an indication of a need for faster charging a battery from legacy client information handling system battery charging data.

10. The management information handling system of claim 8 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements are based, at least in part, on an improved storage drive selected from a group consisting of a solid state drive (SSD) and a hybrid drive, wherein the hybrid drive comprises flash memory and a rotating disk platter, and the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise a replacement client information handling system cache size relative to the legacy client information handling system performance data for cache utilization.

11. The management information handling system of claim 8 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements comprise improved power consumption and the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise a replacement client information handling system sleep setting to reduce time spent in at least one sleep state based on the legacy client information handling system usage data.

12. The management information handling system of claim 8 wherein the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements comprise battery capacity and the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise a replacement client information handling system sleep setting to enter shallower sleep states at a an activity level.

13. The management information handling system of claim 8 further configured to transmit settings of the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values to a replacement client information handling system.

14. The management information handling system of claim 9 wherein the network adapter receives encrypted legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values of the legacy client information handling system, and wherein the application processor decrypts the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values.

15. A replacement client information handling system comprising:

a network adapter configured to receive replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values updated based on legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values, legacy utilization data for usage of various hardware systems at the legacy client information handling system, and the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements over the legacy client information handling system performance constraints;

a memory device to store the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values;

an application processor configured to execute instructions of a system configuration management system to apply the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values to settings of the replacement client information handling system.

16. The replacement information handling system of claim 15 wherein the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise an indication of a need for fast charging a battery and the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements are based, at least in part, on an improved replacement client information handling system battery charging rate relative to legacy client information handling system battery charging rate.

17. The replacement information handling system of claim 15 wherein the legacy client information handling system performance data further comprising:

the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values are based on legacy client information handling system cache utilization data; and

the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values comprise a replacement client information handling system cache size updated over the legacy client information handling system cache size.

18. The replacement information handling system of claim 15 wherein the legacy client information handling system performance data further comprising:

the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values are based on legacy client information handling system usage data; and

the replacement client information handling system performance enhancements comprise improved power consumption due to system sleep setting to reduce time spent in at least one sleep state.

19. The replacement information handling system of claim 15 wherein the legacy client information handling system configuration parameter values further comprising:

the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values are an increased nits display configuration parameter value based on a legacy client information handling system display brightness parameter value.

20. The replacement information handling system of claim 15 wherein the replacement information handling system is configured to receive settings of the replacement client information handling system configuration parameter values from an enterprise-administered management information handling system.