Patent ID: 9054299
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H01L,H04L

Abstract:
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 least one CIMOM to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine whether the at least one CIMOM comprises a class definition valid for the CIM provider to operate; and responsive to the CIM provider determining that the at least one CIMOM comprises a valid class definition, registering, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.