Methods and media for a protocol abstraction layer for information handling systems
A method for communicating with remote devices wherein the method includes sending a request through an application programming interface (API), formatting the request and routing the request to a first connection associated with a first protocol. The method further includes mapping the request into a first command, wherein the first command conforms to the first protocol and sending the first command to a remote device.
1. A method for communicating with a remote devices, the method comprising:
performing a request utilizing a protocol abstraction layer (PAL) interface, wherein the PAL interface comprises an application programming interface (API);
configuring data of the request into at least one command;
analyzing each of the at least one command for determining a connection to the remote device;
mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection utilizing a device support file (DSF) specified by the remote device; and
communicating with the remote device through the protocol.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PAL interface comprises an extensible markup language (XML) interface.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the API interacts with each of a plurality of layers of a PAL architecture.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of layers of the PAL architecture utilizes the DSF for supporting requests from an XML interface or the API.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein configuring data of the request comprises joining the data after splitting the data into at least two commands.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the connection to the remote device comprises selecting one connection from a set of connections grouped based on the remote device, selecting one connection comprising prioritizing a first connection over a second connection.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing each of the at least one command for determining the connection to the remote device comprises performing a discovery setup, the discovery setup utilizing a connection profile (CP) in combination with the DSF to generate a device support mask (DSM) for indicating whether a single connection or multiple connection is supported by the remote device.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection comprises connection properties and connection criteria for the protocol, and instances of a protocol plugin and a mapper corresponding to the protocol.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises prioritizing a first protocol over a second protocol.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises translating the request from an application-domain command into a protocol specific command by utilizing a mapper DSF.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises managing a plugin protocol and a mapper, the plugin protocol and mapper configured to register with a management layer of a PAL architecture.
12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
providing an additional protocol by modifying a protocol plugin or mapper wherein modifying the protocol plugin or mapper comprises updating a DSF of each layer of a PAL architecture through an existing protocol plugin or mapper.
13. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for performing a method for communicating with a remote devices, the method comprising:
performing a request utilizing a protocol abstraction layer (PAL) interface,
wherein the PAL interface comprises an application programming interface (API);
configuring data of the request into at least one command;
analyzing each of the at least one command for determining a connection to the remote device;
mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection by utilizing a device support file (DSF) specified by the remote device; and
communicating with the remote device through the protocol.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the PAL interface comprises an extensible markup language (XML) interface.
15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the API interacts with each of a plurality of layers of the PAL architecture.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein each of the plurality of layers of PAL architecture utilizes the DSF for supporting requests from an XML interface or the API.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein configuring data of the request comprises joining the data after splitting the data into at least two commands.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein determining the connection to the remote device comprises selecting one connection from a set of connections grouped based on the remote device, selecting one connection comprising prioritizing a first connection over a second connection.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein analyzing each of the at least one command for determining the connection to the remote device comprises performing a discovery setup, the discovery setup utilizing a connection profile (CP) in combination with the DSF to generate a device support mask (DSM) for indicating whether a single connection or multiple connection is supported by the remote device.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the connection comprises connection properties and connection criteria for the protocol, and instances of a protocol plugins and a mappers corresponding to the protocols.
21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises prioritizing a first protocol over a second protocol.
22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises translating the request from an application-domain command into a protocol specific command by utilizing a mapper DSF.
23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein mapping the connection to a protocol associated with the connection comprises managing a plugin protocol and a mapper, the plugin protocol and the mapper configured to register with a management layer of a PAL architecture.
24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the method of claim 13 further comprising:
providing an additional protocol by modifying a protocol plugin or a mapper, wherein modifying the protocol plugin or the mapper comprises updating a DSF of each layer of a PAL architecture through an existing protocol plugin or existing mapper.
25. A method of communication with a remote device, the method comprising:
registering a callback through an application programming interface (API) of a protocol abstraction layer (PAL);
subscribing to asynchronous data from the remote device through the API;
providing the asynchronous data from the remote device to a first formatter, wherein the first formatter translates the asynchronous data from a protocol domain command to an application domain command; and
returning the asynchronous data to the callback.