Patent ID: 9275243
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of communication, using a processor device, between a kernel operational on a storage subsystem and a key manager (KM) through a hardware management console (HMC) to provide encryption support, comprising: initiating an event request by the kernel to the KM to execute an event flow; opening a socket of the HMC along a communication path between the KM and the kernel; sending data including a data payload by the KM to the kernel to provide the encryption support; pursuant to a data request by the kernel to the KM, sending the data including the data payload by the KM to the kernel to provide the encryption support, the data payload corresponding to an event flow suborder type selected by the kernel for the event flow; and pursuant to a communication request by the kernel to the HMC, opening the socket of the HMC along the communication path between the KM and the kernel according to an additional event flow suborder type selected by the kernel for the event flow.