System and method for obtaining display names from management models
First Claim
1. A method of generating display names for management definition data elements, said method comprising:
- receiving an element identifier;
retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element;
retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that the element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element; and
displaying the retrieved name on a display device.
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Abstract
CIM elements are retrieved from the management definition object and a determination is made as to whether the element is a non-instance element or an instance element. If the element is a non-instance element and a qualifier is found in the management object, then the corresponding name is used. If the qualifier is not found, then the CIM element name is used. If the element is an instance element and a qualifier is found then the name corresponding to the qualifier is used. If there is no qualifier then a determination is made as to the number of non-propagated key properties. If there is one non-propagated key property then the value of the property is used. If there are more than one non-propagated key properties, then a display name is constructed from each non-propagated key property and its corresponding value.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of generating display names for management definition data elements, said method comprising:
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receiving an element identifier;
retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element;
retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that the element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element; and
displaying the retrieved name on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors;
a nonvolatile storage area accessible by the processors; and
a display name tool for generating display names from a management definition file stored on the nonvolatile storage device, the display name tool including;
input logic for receiving an element identifier;
retrieval logic for retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element;
retrieval logic for retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that the element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element; and
display logic for displaying the retrieved name on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product stored on a computer operable medium for generating display names for management definition data elements, said computer program product comprising:
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means for receiving an element identifier;
means for retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element;
means for retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that the element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element; and
means for displaying the retrieved name on a display device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of generating display names for management definition data elements, said method comprising:
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receiving an element identifier;
retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element, wherein the management data definition includes a common information model managed object format file;
retrieving an instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element;
locating a qualifier corresponding to the retrieved name;
reading a qualifier value corresponding to the qualifier;
replacing the retrieved name with the qualifier value; and
displaying the retrieved name on a display device.
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23. A method of generating display names for management definition data elements, said method comprising:
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receiving an element identifier;
retrieving an instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element, the retrieving an instance name further including;
identifying a plurality of properties corresponding to the element identifier;
retrieving a plurality of values, wherein each of the values corresponds with one of the properties; and
writing each of the properties followed by the value corresponding to the property to the retrieved name; and
displaying the retrieved name on a display device.
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24. An information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors;
a memory accessible by the processors;
a nonvolatile storage area accessible by the processors; and
a display name tool for generating display names from a management definition file stored on the nonvolatile storage device, the display name tool including;
input logic for receiving an element identifier;
retrieval logic for retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element, wherein the management data definition includes a common information model managed object format file;
retrieval logic for retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element;
display logic for displaying the retrieved name on a display device;
retrieval logic for searching a translation file for a translated string that corresponds to the retrieved name; and
output logic for replacing the retrieved name with the translated string prior to displaying the retrieved name.
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25. A computer program product stored on a computer operable medium for generating display names for management definition data elements, said computer program product comprising:
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means for receiving an element identifier;
means for retrieving a non-instance name from a management data definition in response to determining that an element corresponding to the element identifier is a non-instance element, wherein the management data definition includes a common information model managed object format file;
means for retrieving an instance name from the management data definition in response to determining that the element corresponding to the element identifier is an instance element;
means for displaying the retrieved name on a display device;
means for locating a qualifier corresponding to the retrieved name;
means for reading a qualifier value corresponding to the qualifier; and
means for replacing the retrieved name with the qualifier value prior to the displaying.
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