Emc Corporation

Keith V Boland

Gregory William Lazar

Tianming Zhang

Anthony Arous

Seth B Horan

Weijing Song

Purushottam B Sane

James Huang

A server device is configured to perform a method for providing object class information to a management device. The method includes mapping user names included as part of entries of a database associated with the server device to a corresponding Common Information Model (CIM) object manager operating system (OS) role. The method includes receiving a management request associated with the management device, the management request having management request credential information. The method includes authenticating the management request to an operating system associated with the server device based upon the management request credential information. The method includes following authentication, authorizing the management device to a corresponding CIM object manager OS role using the management request credential information. The method includes executing a CIM object call associated with the management request using the associated CIM object manager OS role to access object class information in response to the management request.

Credential authentication and authorization in a server device

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Lexington, SC, United States of America

Keith V Boland