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De-centralization of group administration authority within a network storage architecture

US8346952B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2007
Grant dateJan 1, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/105
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment of a network manager permits a resource group administrator (with resource group level permissions but without global permissions) to add a global object to his/her resource group as a managed object, without requiring the administrator to have a global permission, as discussed further below. An embodiment of the network manager permits a resource group administrator to also edit the configuration settings that are attached to his/her resource group without requiring the administrator to have a global permission.

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