Registering a common information model provider to a common information model object manager

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9054299-B2
Application number	US-201213472543-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2012
Priority date	May 26, 2008
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A mechanism is provided for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM). The CIMOM pre-stores at least one class definition. The CIMOM sends information to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in a network. The CIMOM sends the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate. Responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition, the CMOM registers the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of registering a Common Information Model (CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM), comprising:
pre-storing in the at least one CIMOM at least one class definition;
sending, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM exists in a network;
sending, by the at least one CIMOM, the at least one class definition stored in the at leas…

Assignees

• Yang Hui
• Zhang Jun Wei
• IBM

Inventors

• Yang Hui
• Zhang Jun Wei

Classifications

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0853

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0213

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0233

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0206

  Electricity · mapped topic