Patent ID: 8601108
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. In a server device, a method for providing host object class information to a management device, comprising: mapping, by the server device, user names included as part of entries of a database associated with the server device to a corresponding Common Information Model (CIM) object manager operating system (OS) role; receiving, by the server device, a management request associated with a storage array, the management request having management request credential information; authenticating, by the server device, the management request to an operating system associated with the server device based upon the management request credential information; following authentication, authorizing, by the server device, the management request to a corresponding CIM object manager OS role using the management request credential information; and executing, by the server device, a CIM object call associated with the management request using the associated CIM object manager OS role to access object class information in response to the management request; wherein authorizing the management device to a corresponding CIM object manager OS role using the management request credential information comprises detecting a correspondence, by the server device, between a group identifier associated with the management request credential information and a CIM object manager OS role, the CIM object manager OS role configured as a CIM object manager OS group role; and executing the CIM object call associated with the management request using the associated CIM object manager OS role to access object class information in response to the management request comprises executing, by the server device, the CIM object call associated with the management request using the associated CIM object manager OS group role to access object class information in response to the management request.