Dell Products Inc.

Javier Luis Jimenez

Jianwen Yin

Khachatur Papanyan

Jon Robert Hass

Radhakrishna Reddy Dasari

Matthew Lee Domsch

Michael A Brundridge

Anil Venkatasubba Rao

Christopher Abella Poblete

Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with network boots are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, an information handling system comprises a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and an access controller communicatively coupled to the processor. The access controller has stored thereon a general pre-boot file and configured to receive boot configuration information from a management server. The access controller further configured to generate a boot script according to the boot configuration information and generate a specific pre-boot file based on the general pre-boot file and the boot script. The access controller is further configured to configure the information handling system to boot to a target based on the specific pre-boot file.

System and method for an access controller assisted boot

A system and method for identifying duplicate or similar class instances existing in two or more Common Information Model (CIM) namespaces, accreting them, and thereafter returning a set of class instances and their associated information based on predetermined criteria. In different embodiments of the invention, an abstraction layer is implemented to provide a consolidation namespace operable to aggregate CIM instance data from two or more namespaces into a single namespace. A CIM client management application can then access and search the resulting consolidation namespace for all CIM class instances instead of iteratively browsing individual namespaces. A consolidation provider queries CIM namespaces to enumerate instances of CIM namespaces, which are consolidated in the Interop namespace, and similarly enumerates class instance data, which is consolidated in the consolidation namespace.

Accretion of inter-namespace instances in multi-tenant CIMOM environment

An information handling system includes a processor, system memory, and a storage medium. The storage medium includes an object manager that is accessible to a client management application. The object manager includes first and second sets of class instances instantiated in first and second vendor namespaces, respectively. An uber set of class instances is instantiated in an uber namespace. A class instance in the uber set of class instances is associated with a vendor namespace class instance in one of the first or second sets of class instances. An uber provider instantiates objects in the uber namespace. The uber provider services a client management application request by indicating an action and a class including identifying instances of the class in the first and second vendor namespaces and causing the action to be performed with respect to the identified class instances.

Method and apparatus for providing a consolidated namespace to client applications in multi-tenant common information model (CIM) environments

A data structure comprising a first set of data fields wherein each data field contains data representing a managed object of an object-oriented model; a second set of data fields wherein each data field contains data representing an instance of a collection class; a third set of data fields wherein each data field contains data representing an instance of a first association class; a fourth set of data fields wherein each data field contains data representing an instance of a data source class; and a fifth set of data fields wherein each data field contains data representing an instance of a second association class. At least one data field of the first set is associated with a data field of the second set by a data field of the third set, and the data field of the second set is also associated with a data field of the fourth set by a data field of the fifth set. An information handling system readable medium having stored thereon said data structure. Methods for modifying data of the data structure.

Methods, apparatus and media for modifying information

A system and method is disclosed for managing objects in accordance with the Common Information Model. The system and method disclosed herein includes an abstract layer that receives requests from the CIM clients through the CIM Object Manager. After the receipt of a request, the abstract layer retrieves the associated XML registration file for the generation of a command to the managed object that is the target of the request. After the command is executed with respect to the managed object, the requested data is returned to the abstract layer. The data returned to the abstract layer is in the form of untransformed XML content. The abstract layer retrieves an XSL transformation file and transforms the XML content into an instance of CIM data and transfers this data to the CIM Object Manager.

System and method for managing objects according to the common information model

An information handling system having a single pipe string driven data transport architecture includes a hardware independent execution environment subsystem and a native operating system environment subsystem. A data transport pipe is provided for integrating legacy instrumentation agents of the native operating system environment subsystem and new instrumentation agents of the hardware independent execution environment subsystem into a single integrated systems management application.

Information handling system featuring a single pipe string driven architecture for bridging data of heterogeneous object source in native subsystems to java using native invocation interfaces

A system and method for identifying executable diagnostic routines using machine information and diagnostic information in a computer system is provided. The method includes detecting machine information, detecting diagnostic information corresponding to the machine information, and causing one of a plurality of diagnostic routines to be selectable for execution according to the diagnostic information.

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Javier Luis Jimenez