Patent ID: 7958514
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus to manage a tray device, the apparatus comprising: a memory storing a computer readable program; a processor executing the computer readable program, the computer readable program comprising: a tray slot module configured to create a tray slot object of a tray slot class that extends a Storage Management Initiative specification (SMI-S) Common Information Model (CIM) CIM_Slot class, wherein the tray slot object describes a tray slot and comprises a slot number; a tray physical package module configured to create a tray physical package object of a tray physical package class that extends a SIM-S CIM CIM_PhysicalPackage class, wherein the tray physical package object describes a tray device, references the tray slot object, and comprises a universal unique identifier; a tray object module configured to create a tray object of a tray class that extends a SMI-S CIM CIM_LogicalDevice class, wherein the tray object describes a tray, is referenced by a SMI-S CIM CIM_ComputerSystem object, references the tray physical package object, and comprises a device identifier; and a management module configured to manage the tray device using the tray slot object, tray physical package object, and tray object.