Method, apparatus and media for indication management in an information model environment

• US 8,132,181 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Issued: 03/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Lenharth, Scott, Corn, Vance, Dodson, John
• Primary Examiner(s): CAO, DIEM K
• Application Number:
  US11/565,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20080134208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,923 Days
• Field of Search: 719/318
• US Class Current: 719/318
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security

Abstract

A computer implemented method for managing an information handling system. The method may include one or more of: monitoring, with an object oriented model, the information handling system for an event; generating, with the object oriented model, an indication in response to the event; and/or allowing access to the indication to clients having a sufficient client level of access.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for managing an information handling system (IHS), the method comprising:

monitoring, with an object oriented model, the information handling system for a plurality of events;

assigning, with the object oriented model, a first indication to the occurrence of a first event of the plurality of events wherein the indication comprises a security level for the first event;

assigning, with the object oriented model, a second indication to the first event of the plurality of events wherein the second indication comprises a priority order for the first event;

assigning, with the object oriented model, a second indication to a second event of the plurality of events wherein the second indication comprises a priority for the second event and bundling the events corresponding to the first and second indications in respective bundles; and

allowing access to the first event at the priority order indicated to clients having a sufficient client level of access for the security level of the event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the object oriented model is a common information model (CIM) and the priority for the an event is assigned by the IHS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of allowing access to the event comprises use of a CIM filter representing the indication, with the CIM filter associated with a CIM class comprising a first instance comprising the client level of access and a second instance comprising an indication level of access.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein prior to the step of allowing access to the event, the method comprises:

instantiating the CIM class with the second instance comprising the indication level of access for the event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to the step of allowing access to the event, the method comprises:

accepting a definition for an indication level of access for the event.

6. A computer implemented method of managing an information handling system (IHS), comprising:

monitoring, with an object oriented model, the information handling system for an event;

generating, with an object oriented model, an indication in response to the occurrence of the event wherein the indication comprises a priority for the event, wherein the priority for the event is determined by a property of an Indication Quality of Service class;

repeating the steps of monitoring and generating until satisfaction of preset criteria, the resulting events having the same indications being gathered into a single event bundle;

assigning, with the object oriented model, a security level to the event bundle; and

allowing access to the bundle to clients having a sufficient client level of security access for the event bundle.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the object oriented model is a common information model (CIM) and the priority for an event is assigned by the IHS.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of generating an indication comprises utilizing a filter representing the indication, with the filter associated with a CIM class comprising a first instance comprising the priority for the event, and a second instance comprising the preset criteria and the preset criteria is assigned by the IHS.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein prior to the step of generating an indication, the method comprises:

instantiating the CIM class with the priority for the event.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the event comprises any change relating to the information handling system and the priority for an event is assigned by the IHS.

11. A computer implemented method of managing an information handling system (IHS), comprising:

A. monitoring, with an object oriented model, the information handling system for events of a first and second type;

B. generating, with an object oriented model, a first indication in response to the occurrence of a first event wherein the indication comprises a priority level for the event;

C. generating, with the object oriented model, a second indication in response to a second event wherein the indication comprises a priority level for the event;

D. repeating the steps of monitoring and generating for subsequent events until satisfaction of preset criteria, with each indication of step C sharing a priority level gathered into a single respective bundle, wherein each of the respective bundles is assigned a security level; and

allowing access to the respective bundles to clients having a sufficient client level of access for the security level of the event bundle.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the object oriented model is a common information model (CIM) and the priority for an event bundle is assigned by the IHS.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of generating an indication comprises use of a CIM filter representing the indication, with the CIM filter associated with a CIM class comprising a first instance comprising the first type for the event, and a second instance comprising the preset criteria and the preset criteria is assigned by the IHS.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein prior to the step of generating an indication, the method comprises:

instantiating the CIM class the first instance comprising the first type for the event, and the second instance comprising the preset criteria.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the event comprises any change relating to the information handling system and the priority and security level for an event is assigned by the IHS.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein prior to the step of monitoring the information handling system, the method comprises:

accepting a definition for the events, the priority to be assigned to an event and the security level to be assigned to an event as assigned by the IHS.