Mechanism for nested expansion of data collection from one computer to multiple computers

A process for receiving information about Resources on a Cluster comprising:

• receiving a request from a Client at a first Node on a Cluster;
• providing the request to a Multiplex Provider associated with the first Node;
• broadcasting the request, via the Multiplex Provider, to more than one CIMOM Node;
• receiving information from at least one CIMOM Node, through the Multiplex Provider;
• compiling the received information;
• providing the received information to the Client through the first Node;
• receiving a scope of query from the Client;
• and
• transmitting a query to one or more CIMOM nodes on the Cluster based on the scope of query received from the Client.

A process for obtaining information about at least one Resource on a Cluster comprising:

• receiving a request, for information about a Resource on a Cluster, from a Client through a Client CIM, and a Client CIMOM provided on a first Node on the Cluster;
• providing the request to a Multiplex Provider;
• determining a scope of the request;
• performing discovery on the Cluster for a Provider providing information responsive to the request by sending a broadcast probe across the Cluster including a plurality of CIMOM nodes via the multiplex provider;
• receiving, from an additional CIMOM Node in the Cluster a Resource and a Provider in response to the broadcast probe;
• providing the response to the broadcast probe to the Client, via the Client CIM;
• receiving from the Client, via the Client CIM, a scope for the query, wherein the scope includes an identification of the one additional CIMOM Node, Resource and Provider that responded to the broadcast probe to whom the Client desires to communicate the query;
• communicating the query to at least one of the CIMOM Nodes in the Cluster, Resources and Providers identified by the scope of the query;
• receiving information in response to the query from at least one of the CIMOM Nodes, Resources and Providers identified by the scope of the query;
• compiling the information received into a table;
• and
• providing the compiled data to the Client via the Client CIM.