Authenticating a processing system accessing a resource

摘要

Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for authenticating a processing system accessing a resource. An association of processing system identifiers with resources, including a first and second resources, is maintained. A request from a requesting processing system in a host is received for use of a first resource that provides access to a second resource, wherein the request is generated by processing system software and wherein the request further includes a submitted processing system identifier included in the request by host hardware in the host. A determination is made as to whether the submitted processing system identifier is one of the processing system identifiers associated with the first and second resources. The requesting processing system is provided access to the first resource that the processing system uses to access the second resource.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
maintaining an association of processing system identifiers with resources, including a first and second resources; receiving a request from a requesting processing system in a host for use of the first resource that provides access to the second resource, and wherein the request includes a submitted processing system identifier, wherein the request is generated by processing system software in the host and wherein a host identifier is included in the received request by host hardware in the host; determining whether the submitted processing system identifier is associated with the first and second resources; and providing the requesting processing system access to the first resource that the processing system uses to access the second resource in response to determining that the submitted processing system identifier is associated with the first and second resources, wherein the first resource provides the host identified by the host identifier access to the second resource or an element identified by the second resource.