EMBEDDED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A PHYSICAL DEVICE HAVING VIRTUAL ELEMENTS
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Abstract
A single management facility in a virtualized system that facilitates the presentation of either a virtual element view or system view to a network management user depending upon the user'"'"'s access rights is disclosed. The user interface presented to the user is modified based on the scope and type of access rights. The scope and type of access privileges afforded to the user of the virtualized system is found in a profile object that indicates the scope and type of user access established during the user login. The profile object is stored in an environment object that is created for each user at login. Each virtualized element in the system includes management information that is associated with the virtual element via a virtual identifier. The management information indicates the level of the user access privileges necessary to view the associated virtual element. Requests by a user to access management information associated with a virtual element are analyzed to determine if the access privileges specified in the user profile enable the user to access the virtual element and if so to perform the type of operation requested.
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56 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A physical device apparatus in a network, comprising:
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a plurality of virtual elements configured on said physical device, each said virtual element associated with a collection of management information for said virtual element, said collection of management information including an access scope indicating a required user access level needed to access said information, wherein said collection of management information is associated with a virtual element identifier; at least one environment object associated with a user interfaced with said device, said environment object including a collection of user profile information; and a management facility, said management facility controlling the access of a user to a collection of management information associated with at least one of said virtual elements. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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47. In a network, a method of controlling access to a plurality of virtual elements, said method comprising:
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providing a physical device with a plurality of virtual elements configured thereon, each said virtual element associated with a collection of management information for said virtual element, said collection of management information including an access scope indicating a required user access level needed to access said information, wherein said collection of management information is associated with a virtual element identifier; instantiating an environment object associated with a user interfaced with said device, said environment object including a collection of user profile information associated with said user; requesting access for a user to a collection of said management information for a virtual element; and determining whether to grant said request based on said user profile, information and said collection of management information. - View Dependent Claims (45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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55-1. The method of claim 47, further comprising:
providing a user interface, said user interface modified based on the scope and type of access privileges accorded said user.
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56. In a network including a physical device holding a medium, said medium holding executable stops for a method of controlling access to a plurality of virtual elements, said method comprising:
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providing a physical device with a plurality of virtual elements configured thereon, each said virtual element associated with a collection of management information for said virtual element, said collection of management information including an access scope indicating a required user access level needed to access said information, wherein said collection of management information is associated with a virtual element identifier; instantiating an environment object associated with a user interfaced with said device, said environment object including a collection of user profile information associated with said user; requesting access for a user to a collection of said management information for a virtual element; and determining whether to grant said request based on said user profile information and said collection of management information.
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