diff --git a/host-transport-extensions/pldm/common/pldm_utils.cpp b/host-transport-extensions/pldm/common/pldm_utils.cpp
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#include "pldm_utils.hpp"
+
+#include "dump_utils.hpp"
+#include "xyz/openbmc_project/Common/error.hpp"
+
+#include <phosphor-logging/elog-errors.hpp>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace dump
+{
+namespace pldm
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+using NotAllowed = sdbusplus::xyz::openbmc_project::Common::Error::NotAllowed;
+using Reason = xyz::openbmc_project::Common::NotAllowed::REASON;
+
+int openPLDM()
+{
+    auto fd = pldm_open();
+    if (fd < 0)
+    {
+        auto e = errno;
+        log<level::ERR>("pldm_open failed", entry("ERRNO=%d", e),
+                        entry("FD=%d\n", fd));
+        elog<NotAllowed>(Reason("Required host dump action via pldm is not "
+                                "allowed due to pldm_open failed"));
+    }
+    return fd;
+}
+
+uint8_t getPLDMInstanceID(uint8_t eid)
+{
+
+    constexpr auto pldmRequester = "xyz.openbmc_project.PLDM.Requester";
+    constexpr auto pldm = "/xyz/openbmc_project/pldm";
+
+    auto bus = sdbusplus::bus::new_default();
+    auto service = phosphor::dump::getService(bus, pldm, pldmRequester);
+
+    auto method = bus.new_method_call(service.c_str(), pldm, pldmRequester,
+                                      "GetInstanceId");
+    method.append(eid);
+    auto reply = bus.call(method);
+
+    uint8_t instanceID = 0;
+    reply.read(instanceID);
+
+    return instanceID;
+}
+
+} // namespace pldm
+} // namespace dump
+} // namespace phosphor