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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Tianming Zhang, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Gregory W. Lazar, Upton, MA (US);
Anthony Arous, Worcester, MA (US);
Purushottam B. Sane, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Weijing Song, Acton, MA (US);
James Huang, Framingham, MA (US);
Keith V. Boland, Lexington, SC (US);
Seth B. Horan, Wrentham, MA (US);
Tianming Zhang, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Gregory W. Lazar, Upton, MA (US);
Anthony Arous, Worcester, MA (US);
Purushottam B. Sane, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Weijing Song, Acton, MA (US);
James Huang, Framingham, MA (US);
Keith V. Boland, Lexington, SC (US);
Seth B. Horan, Wrentham, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
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.