Registering a common information model provider to a common information model object manager

• US 8,214,472 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2009
• Issued: 07/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Hui, Zhang, Jun Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Nawaz, Asad
• Application Number:
  US12/429,748
• Publication Number:
  US 20090292801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/222
• 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 41/052 using standardised network management architectures, e.g. telecommunication management network [TMN] or unified network management architecture [UNMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0853 by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H10N 35/00 Magnetostrictive devices integrated devices or assemblies of multiple devices H10N39/00

Abstract

A mechanism is provided for registering a Common Information Model (CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM). The CIMOM pre-stores at least one class definition. The CIMOM sends information to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in a network. The CIMOM sends thee at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine if the CIMOM comprises a class definition suitable for the CIM provider to operate. Responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a suitable class definition, the CMOM registers the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.

Claims

1. A method, in a server, of registering a Common Information Model (CIM) provider to at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM), comprising:

pre-storing in the at least one CIMOM at least one class definition;

sending, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM exists in a network;

sending, by the at least one CIMOM, the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine whether the CIMOM comprises a class definition valid for the CIM provider to operate;

and responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a valid class definition, registering, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM;

wherein registering, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM further comprises;

sending, by said at least one CIMOM, requirements to the CIM provider for use by the CIM provider to determine whether the CIM provider conforms to the at least one CIMOM'"'"'s requirements in a security aspect.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in the network comprises:

sending, by the at least one CIMOM, a response to a received SLP broadcast to the CIM provider.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one CIMOM, a request for deregistering the CIM provider from a management application; and

deregistering, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by cancelling the CIM provider from the name of the class valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one CIMOM, a request for invoking a CIM provider under the name of a class from a management application; and

invoking, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider under the name of the class.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

discovering, by the CIM provider, that has been plugged into a network, the at least one CIMOM;

determining, by the CIM provider, whether the CIM provider can register with the at least one CIMOM, by determining whether the at least one CIMOM has a class definition valid to the CIM provider; and

registering, by the CIM provider, with the at least one CIMOM by sending an identifier of the CIM provider to the at least one CIMOM for recording, by the at least one CIMOM, under the name of the class valid to the CIM provider.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein determining, by the CIM provider, whether the CIM provider can register with the at least one CIMOM further comprises:

determining, by the CIM provider, that the CIM provider conforms to the at least one CIMOM'"'"'s requirements in a security aspect.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein discovering, by the CIM provider, the at least one CIMOM further comprises:

sending, by the CIM provider, an SLP broadcast to the network; and

receiving, by the CIM provider, a response to the SLP broadcast from the at least one CIMOM.

5. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

pre-store in the CIMOM at least one class definition;

send to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the CIMOM exists in a network;

send the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine whether the CIMOM comprises a class definition valid for the CIM provider to operate; and

register the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM in response to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a valid class definition;

wherein the instructions further cause the processor to;

send requirements to the CIM provider for use by the CIM provider to determine whether the CIM provider conforms to the CIMOM'"'"'s requirements in a security aspect.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the instructions to send information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the CIMOM existing in the network further cause the processor to:

send a response to a received SLP broadcast to the COM provider.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

deregister the CIM provider by cancelling the CIM provider from the name of the class valid to the CIM provider in the CIMOM.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

upon receipt from a management application of a request for invoking a CIM provider under the name of a class, invoke the CIM provider under the name of the class.

12. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

when the CIM provider is plugged into a network, discover whether there is at least one CIMOM in the network;

determine whether the CIM provider can register to with the at least one CIMOM, by determining whether the at least one CIMOM discovered by the discovering module has a class definition valid to the CIM provider; and

register with the at least one CIMOM by sending an identifier of the CIM provider to the at least one CIMOM for recording, by the at least one CIMOM, under the name of the class valid to the CIM provider.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine whether the CIM provider can register to the at least one CIMOM, by determining whether the CIM provider conforms to the at least one CIMOM'"'"'s requirements in a security aspect.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

discover whether the at least one CIMOM exists in the network by sending an SLP broadcast to the network and judge whether a response to the SLP broadcast is received from the at least one CIMOM.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer recordable-readable medium having a computer readable program recorded thereon, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

pre-store in the at least one Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) at least one class definition;

send, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the Common Information Model (CIM) provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM exists in a network;

send, by the at least one CIMOM, the at least one class definition stored in the CIMOM in order for the CIM provider to determine whether the CIMOM comprises a class definition valid for the CIM provider to operate; and

responsive to the CIM provider determining that the CIMOM comprises a valid class definition, register, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition suitable valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM;

wherein the computer readable program to register, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by recording an identifier of the CIM provider under the name of the class definition valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM further causes the computing device to;

send, by said at least one CIMOM, requirements to the CIM provider for use by the CIM provider to determine whether the CIM provider conforms to the at least one CIMOM'"'"'s requirements in a security aspect.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer readable program to send, by the at least one CIMOM, information to the CIM provider in order for the CIM provider to determine the at least one CIMOM existing in the network further causes the computing device to:

send, by the at least one CIMOM, a response to a received SLP broadcast to the CIM provider.

17. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to:

receive, by the at least one CIMOM, a request for deregistering the CIM provider from a management application; and

deregister, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider by cancelling the CIM provider from the name of the class valid to the CIM provider in the at least one CIMOM.

18. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the computer readable program further causes the computing device to:

receive, by the at least one CIMOM, a request for invoking a CIM provider under the name of a class from a management application; and

invoke, by the at least one CIMOM, the CIM provider under the name of the class.