Patent ID: 7725478

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: a plurality of managed elements coupled to said system; a common information model (CIM) data provider comprising a processor operable to generate: registered locale classes in said plurality of managed elements, wherein said registered locale classes are used to instantiate a predetermined locale; referenced locale classes used to associate individual registered locale classes with registered profile classes; locale namespaces operable to support said predetermined locales; and a CIM management client comprising a processor operable to discover instances of said registered locale classes corresponding to locales supported by said CIM data provider using said referenced locale classes; wherein upon discovery of at least one non-default registered locale class, said CIM management client selects a preferred locale associated with one of said at least one non-default registered locale class and issues a CIM request using the selected preferred locale associated with said non-default registered locale class; and upon failure to discover a non-default registered locale class, said CIM management client issues a CIM request using a default locale.