Registration Method of CIM Provider in CIM System and CIMOM

• US 20130054764A1
• Filed: 08/02/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Chao, Zhang, Xiaofeng, Chao, Yong
• Granted Patent: US 9,071,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0213 Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies

Abstract

A registration method includes acquiring, by a second CIMOM, parameters of a CIM provider from a first CIMOM by using information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured. The second CIMOM obtains identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider through matching according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured. The second CIMOM acquires the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider, and registering the CIM provider.

Claims

1. A registration method of a common information model (CIM) provider in a CIM system, wherein the CIM system comprises a first CIM object manager (CIMOM) and a second CIMOM, wherein and at least one CIM provider is registered on the first CIMOM the method comprising:

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, parameters of a CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured, wherein the acquired parameters of the CIM provider are sent by the first CIMOM according to the information of the namespace or the device information;

obtaining, by the second CIMOM, identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured;

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider; and

registering the CIM provider.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the second CIMOM acquires the parameters of the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the information of the namespace, the method further comprises:

detecting, by second CIMOM, that the first CIMOM is capable of providing services through broadcast.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the second CIMOM acquires the parameters of the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the information of the namespace to which the device to be configured belongs, the method further comprises:

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, information of a corresponding namespace from the first CIMOM; and

obtaining, by the second CIMOM, the information of the namespace to which the device to be configured belongs through matching.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the obtained CIM provider is stored in a CIM repository of the second CIMOM, obtaining the identification information comprises:

obtaining, by the second CIMOM, identification information of a CIM provider of a higher version than that of the CIM provider stored in the CIM repository in the parameters of the CIM provider according to the device information or the model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider of a higher version than that of the CIM provider stored in the CIM repository matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein acquiring the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider comprises:

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, the corresponding CIM provider and permission information from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider, wherein the permission information is used to indicate whether the acquired CIM provider is capable of being provided for other second CIMOMs.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider comprises:

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, the corresponding CIM provider and permission information from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider, wherein the permission information is used to indicate whether the acquired CIM provider is capable of being provided for other second CIMOMs.

7. A registration method of a common information model (CIM) provider in a CIM system, wherein the CIM system comprises a first CIM object manager (CIMOM) and a second CIMOM, and wherein at least one CIM provider is registered on the first CIMOM, the method comprising:

sending, by the first CIMOM, parameters of a CIM provider to the second CIMOM according to received information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured sent by the second CIMOM, so that the second CIMOM obtains identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured; and

sending, by the first CIMOM, the CIM provider to the second CIMOM according to the identification information of the CIM provider sent by the second CIMOM, so that the second CIMOM registers the CIM provider.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein before the first CIMOM sends the parameters, the method further comprises:

sending, by the first CIMOM, information of a namespace of the second CIMOM to the second CIMOM, so that the second CIMOM obtains the information of the namespace to which the device to be configured belongs through matching.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein sending the CIM provider to the second CIMOM comprises:

sending, by the first CIMOM, the CIM provider and permission information to the second CIMOM according to the identification information of the CIM provider sent by the second CIMOM, wherein the permission information is used to indicate to the second CIMOM whether the CIM provider is capable of being provided for other second CIMOMs.

10. A common information model object manager (CIMOM), comprising:

an acquisition unit, configured to acquire parameters of a common information model (CIM) provider from another CIMOM by using information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured, wherein the acquired parameters of the CIM provider are sent by the another CIMOM according to the information of the namespace or the device information, and wherein at least one CIM provider is registered on the another CIMOM;

a matching unit, configured to obtain identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider that are acquired by the acquisition unit according to the device information or model information of the device to be configure, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured; and

a registration unit, configured to acquire the CIM provider from the another CIMOM by using the identification information of the CIM provider obtained by the matching unit through matching, and register the CIM provider.

11. The CIMOM according to claim 10, wherein the CIMOM further comprises a detection unit, configured to detect the another CIMOM that is capable of providing services through broadcast.

12. The CIMOM according to claim 10, wherein the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire information of a namespace from the another CIMOM, and obtain the information of the namespace to which the device to be configured belongs through matching.

13. The CIMOM according to claim 10, wherein if the obtained CIM provider is stored in a CIM repository of the CIMOM, the matching unit is specifically configured to obtain identification information of a CIM provider of a higher version than that of the CIM provider stored in the CIM repository in the parameters of the CIM provider acquired by the acquisition unit according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider of a higher version than that of the CIM provider stored in the CIM repository matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured.

14. The CIMOM according to claim 13, wherein the registration unit is specifically configured to acquire the CIM provider and permission information from the another CIMOM by using the identification information of the CIM provider obtained by the matching unit through matching, wherein the permission information is used to indicate whether the acquired CIM provider is capable of being provided for other CIMOMs.

15. The CIMOM according to claim 10, wherein the registration unit is specifically configured to acquire the CIM provider and permission information from the another CIMOM by using the identification information of the CIM provider obtained by the matching unit through matching, wherein the permission information is used to indicate whether the acquired CIM provider is capable of being provided for other CIMOMs.

16. A common information model object manager (CIMOM), comprising:

a first sending unit, configured to send parameters of a common information model (CIM) provider to another CIMOM according to received information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured sent by the another CIMOM, so that the another CIMOM obtains identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured; and

a second sending unit, configured to send the CIM provider to the another CIMOM according to the identification information of the CIM provider sent by the another CIMOM, so that the another CIMOM registers the CIM provider.

17. The CIMOM according to claim 16, wherein the first sending unit is further configured to send information of a namespace of the another CIMOM to the another CIMOM, so that the another CIMOM obtains the information of the namespace to which the device to be configured belongs through matching.

18. The CIMOM according to claim 17, wherein the second sending unit is configured to send the CIM provider and permission information to the another CIMOM according to the identification information of the CIM provider sent by the another CIMOM, wherein the permission information is used to indicate to the another CIMOM whether the CIM provider is capable of being provided for other CIMOMs.

19. The CIMOM according to claim 16, wherein the second sending unit is configured to send the CIM provider and permission information to the another CIMOM according to the identification information of the CIM provider sent by the another CIMOM, wherein the permission information is used to indicate to the another CIMOM whether the CIM provider is capable of being provided for other CIMOMs.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a registration method of a common information model (CIM) provider in a CIM system which includes a first CIM object manager (CIMOM) and a second CIMOM, and wherein at least one CIM provider is registered on the first CIMOM, the registration method comprising:

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, parameters of a CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using information of a namespace to which a device to be configured belongs or device information of the device to be configured, wherein the acquired parameters of the CIM provider are sent by the first CIMOM according to the information of the namespace or the device information;

obtaining, by the second CIMOM, identification information of the CIM provider in the parameters of the CIM provider according to the device information or model information of the device to be configured, wherein the device information or model information corresponding to the identification information of the CIM provider matches the device information or model information of the device to be configured;

acquiring, by the second CIMOM, the CIM provider from the first CIMOM by using the obtained identification information of the CIM provider; and

registering the CIM provider.