diff --git a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
index 964534e..03369a4 100644
--- a/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
+++ b/oem/ibm/libpldmresponder/oem_ibm_handler.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 constexpr uint16_t ENTITY_INSTANCE_0 = 0;
 constexpr uint16_t ENTITY_INSTANCE_1 = 1;
 
+constexpr uint32_t BMC_PDR_START_RANGE = 0x00000000;
+constexpr uint32_t BMC_PDR_END_RANGE = 0x00FFFFFF;
+constexpr uint32_t HOST_PDR_START_RANGE = 0x01000000;
+constexpr uint32_t HOST_PDR_END_RANGE = 0x01FFFFFF;
+
 enum SetEventReceiverCount
 {
     SET_EVENT_RECEIVER_SENT = 0x2,
@@ -181,6 +186,23 @@
     /** @brief to check the BMC state*/
     int checkBMCState();
 
+    /** @brief Method to fetch the last BMC record from the PDR repo
+     *
+     * @param[in] repo - pointer to BMC's primary PDR repo
+     *
+     * @return the last BMC record from the repo
+     */
+    const pldm_pdr_record* fetchLastBMCRecord(const pldm_pdr* repo);
+
+    /** @brief Method to check if the record handle passed is in remote PDR
+     *         record handle range
+     *
+     *  @param[in] record_handle - record handle of the PDR
+     *
+     *  @return true if record handle passed is in host PDR record handle range
+     */
+    bool checkRecordHandleInRange(const uint32_t& record_handle);
+
     ~Handler() = default;
 
     pldm::responder::CodeUpdate* codeUpdate; //!< pointer to CodeUpdate object