Embedded management system for a physical device having virtual elements
First Claim
1. A physical device apparatus in a network, comprising:
- 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 and said virtual elements direct communication between clients and resource groups;
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, wherein the management facility provides a view of a first virtual element from the plurality of virtual elements to a user, the view of the first virtual element containing an embedded view of a second virtual element, the second virtual element associated with the first virtual element, and wherein the collection of management information for the first virtual element is tagged with a virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element, and wherein the collection of management information for the second virtual element is tagged with a first virtual element identifier and a second virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element and the second virtual element, such that the collection of management information for the second virtual element is able to be viewed from the view of the first virtual element and the embedded view of the second virtual element.
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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 view presented to the user is modified based on the scope and type of access rights, which are found in a profile object, that is stored in an environmental object, established during the user 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 rights 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 rights specified in the user profile enable the user to access the information associated with the virtual element.
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19 Claims
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1. 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 and said virtual elements direct communication between clients and resource groups; 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, wherein the management facility provides a view of a first virtual element from the plurality of virtual elements to a user, the view of the first virtual element containing an embedded view of a second virtual element, the second virtual element associated with the first virtual element, and wherein the collection of management information for the first virtual element is tagged with a virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element, and wherein the collection of management information for the second virtual element is tagged with a first virtual element identifier and a second virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element and the second virtual element, such that the collection of management information for the second virtual element is able to be viewed from the view of the first virtual element and the embedded view of the second virtual element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. 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 and said virtual elements direct communication between clients and resource groups; 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, providing a management facility facilitating a view of a first virtual element from the plurality of virtual elements to the user, the view of the first virtual element containing an embedded view of a second virtual element, the second virtual element associated with the first virtual element, tagging the collection of management information for the first virtual element with a virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element; and tagging the collection of management information for the second virtual element with a first virtual element identifier and a second virtual element identifier to associate that collection of management information with the first virtual element and the second virtual element, such that the collection of management information for the second virtual element is able to be viewed from the view of the first virtual element and the embedded view of the second virtual element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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