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March 2006

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Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties

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Classes That Describe Relationships Dell-defined Classes

Typographical Conventions

Common Properties of Classes

Introduction

This reference guide documents the Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Common Information Model (CIM) provider contained in the Management Object File (MOF) dccim32.mof.

CIM provides a conceptual model for describing manageable objects in a systems management environment. CIM is a modeling tool rather than a programming language. CIM provides the structure for organizing objects into a model of a managed environment. For modeling a managed environment, CIM makes available a set of abstract and concrete classes of objects. These classes model the basic characteristics of systems, networks, and applications, as well as groupings of management-related data.

For more information about CIM, see the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) website at www.dmtf.org and the Microsoft

Server Administrator

Server Administrator 1.0 or later provides a suite of systems management information for keeping track of your networked systems. In addition to providing systems management agents that are independent of the management console, Server Administrator supports these systems management standards: CIM and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

In addition to supporting systems management industry standards, Server Administrator provides additional systems management information about the specific components of your Dell™ system.

Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties

website at www.microsoft.com.

The Dell CIM provider extends support to Dell-specific software and hardware components. The Dell MOF defines the classes for the Dell CIM provider. All of the supported classes and properties in the MOF are documented in this guide.

The following subsections define some of the basic building blocks of CIM classes that are used in describing the dccim32 provider name. These subsections also explain how the elements used in describing these classes are organized. This section does not document the entire CIM schema, but only those classes and properties supported by the dccim32 provider. The list of properties for each supported class varies greatly.

Introduction 7

Base Classes

The classes listed in the Server Administrator CIM provider class hierarchy do not have a parent property. These base classes do not derive from another class. The base classes are:

• CIM_ManagedSystemElement

• CIM_Dependency

• DELL_Esm Log

• DELL_PostLog

• DELL_CMApplication

• DELL_CMDevice

• DELL_CMDeviceApplications

• DELL_CMInventory

• DELL_CMOS

• DELL_CMProductInfo

The CIM_ManagedSystemElement class is the base class for the system element hierarchy from which all other CIM classes are derived. As a result, CIM_ManagedSystemElement has no parent. Examples of managed system elements include software components such as files, devices such as hard drives and controllers, and physical subcomponents of devices such as chip sets and cards. For the CIM_ManagedSystemElement properties, see Caption, CreationClassName, Description, Name, and Status in Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes."

The Dell-defined classes are not defined in the official schema by the DMTF, the industry group that defines the standards for CIM, and hence do not have parent classes. CIM_Dependency does not have a parent class because it is a relationship or association between two managed system elements.

Parent Classes

Most classes in the dccim32 provider document both a Class Name and a Parent Class property. The parent class is the class from which any given class inherits its core properties. For example, the CIM_Controller class has the CIM_LogicalDevice class as its parent, and has various types of controllers (CIM_ParallelController, CIM_SerialController) as its children.

Classes That Describe Relationships

Classes that derive from CIM_Dependency have CIM_Dependency as their parent class, but they are documented in terms of antecedent and dependent elements in a relationship rather than in terms of common properties. Consider the following relationship between two CIM_ManagedSystemElements:

Antecedent CIM_PackageCurrentSensor

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage

8 Introduction

The CIM_PackageCurrentSensor monitors an entire physical package, such as all the components contained in a given system chassis. The CIM_PhysicalPackage is dependent on the CIM_PackageCurrentSensor for this monitoring function.

Dell-defined Classes

Server Administrator has extended some CIM classes and has created new classes to assist in managing systems and their components. In the diagrams that appear in the documentation for each class, those classes created and populated by Dell are designated by the gold (lighter gray) triangle icon.

Typographical Conventions

The following example shows how most of the classes in the Dell CIM provider are documented. Table 1-1 shows a partial class description for the DELL_DMA class. (For a full class description, see Table 3-41, "CIM_DMA Properties.")

Class Name appears in

Parent Class appears in

class is derived.

Property denotes the name of the attribute that is being defined for this class.

Description includes text that defines the property.

Data Type stipulates the format that the values of this property must take. Common data types include

Boolean, string, and various types of integer. Boolean indicates that the property must be expressed as one of two alternatives.

Table 1-1. CIM_DMA Properties

Courier typeface and provides the string that names the class in the MOF.

Courier typeface and provides the name of the class from which the present

Class Name: CIM_DMA Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource

Property Description Data Type

DMAChannel A part of the object’s key value, the DMA channel number. uint32

Availability Availability of the DMA. Availability values are defined as follows:

Other

Unknown

Available

In Use/Not Available

In Use and Available/Shareable

uint16

Introduction 9

Common Properties of Classes

Many classes have properties such as Caption, Description, and CreationClassName. Table 1-2 defines properties that have the same meaning in every class that has this property and are defined more than once in this guide.

Table 1-2. Common Properties of Classes

Property Description Data Type

Caption Describes the object using a short textual

description (one-line string).

CreationClassName Indicates the name of the class or the subclass

used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.

CSCreationClassName Indicates the computer system’s creation class

name.

CSName Indicates the computer system’s name. string

CurrentReading Indicates the actual current value indicated by the

sensor in amperes.

Description Provides a textual description of the object. string

LowerThresholdNonCritical If current reading is between lower threshold

noncritical and upper threshold noncritical, the current state is normal. See Figure 3-2.

LowerThresholdCritical If the current reading is between upper threshold

critical and upper threshold fatal, the current state is critical. See Figure 3-2.

IsLinear Indicates that the sensor is linear over its

dynamic range.

Manufacturer Provides the name of the organization responsible

for producing the CIM_PhysicalElement or CIM_SoftwareElement. This may be the entity from whom the element is purchased, but not necessarily. Purchase information is contained in the Vendor property of CIM_Product.

Name Defines the label by which the object is known.

When subclassed, the Name property can be overridden to be a Key property.

string

sint32

Boolean

string

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Table 1-2. Common Properties of Classes (continued)

Property Description Data Type

Status Provides a string indicating how well the

component is functioning—comparable to "health." Status values for operational and nonoperational conditions include:

Operational Status Values:

OK indicates that the object is functioning normally.

Degraded means that the item is functioning, but not optimally.

Stressed indicates that the element is functioning, but needs attention. Examples of Stressed states are overloaded, overheated, and so on.

Nonoperational Status Values:

Non-recover means that a nonrecoverable error has occurred.

Error means that an element has encountered an operational condition that is severe as compared to its normal mode of operation.

SystemCreationClassName Indicates the system’s creation class name. string

UnitModifier Provides the unit multiplier for the values returned

by this sensor. All the values returned by this sensor are represented in units of 10 raised to the power of the unit modifier. If the unit modifier is –6, then the units of the values returned are microvolts. The units apply to all numeric properties of the sensor, unless explicitly overridden by the units’ qualifier.

UpperThresholdCritical If the current reading is between upper threshold

critical and upper threshold fatal, the current status is critical. See Figure 3-2.

UpperThresholdNonCritical If the current reading is between lower threshold

noncritical and lower threshold critical, the current status is noncritical. See Figure 3-2.

Version Version should be in the form

<major>.<minor>.<revision> or <major>.<minor><letter><revision>; for

example, 1.2.3 or 1.2a3.

string

sint32

string

Introduction 11

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalElement is a CIM-defined class. The CIM_PhysicalElement class contains the subclasses shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1. CIM_PhysicalElement Class Structure

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_PhysicalFrame

CIM_Chassis

DELL_Chassis

CIM_PhysicalComponent

CIM_Chip

CIM_PhysicalMemory

CIM_PhysicalConnector

CIM_Slot

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

Subclasses of the CIM_PhysicalElement class listed in Table 2-1 define any component of a system that has a distinct physical identity. Physical elements are tangible managed system elements (usually actual hardware items) that have a physical manifestation of some sort. By contrast, processes, files, and logical devices are not classified as physical elements. A managed system element is not necessarily a discrete component. A single card (which is a type of physical element) can host more than one logical device. One card, for example, could implement both a modem and a local area network (LAN) adapter. In this case, the card would be represented by a single physical element associated with multiple logical devices.

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Table 2-1. CIM_PhysicalElement Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalElement Parent Class: CIM_ManagedSystemElement

Property Description Data Type

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, “Common Properties of Classes.”

Manufacturer See Table 1-2, “Common Properties of Classes.”

Model The name by which the physical element is generally known. string

SerialNumber A manufacturer-allocated number used to identify the

physical element.

Tag Uniquely identifies the physical element and serves as the

element’s key. The Ta g property can contain information such as asset tag or serial number data. The key for physical element is placed very high in the object hierarchy in order to identify the hardware/entity independently, regardless of physical placement in or on cabinets, adapters, and so on. For example, a hot-swappable or removable component can be taken from its containing (scoping) package and temporarily unused. The object still continues to exist and may even be inserted into a different scoping container. Therefore, the key for physical element is an arbitrary string that is defined independently of any placement or location-oriented hierarchy.

string

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

The CIM_PhysicalPackage class listed in Table 2-2 represents physical elements that contain or host other components. Examples are a rack enclosure or an adapter card with multiple functions.

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Table 2-2. CIM_PhysicalPackage Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalPackage Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalElement

Property Description Data Type

Removable A CIM_PhysicalPackage is removable if it is designed to be

taken in and out of the physical container in which it is normally found without impairing the function of the overall package.

Replaceable A CIM_PhysicalPackage is replaceable if it is possible to

substitute a physically different element for the original element, as in a field replaceable unit (FRU). For example, some computer systems allow the microprocessor to be upgraded to one of a higher clock rating. In this case, the microprocessor is said to be replaceable.

Boolean

CIM_PhysicalFrame

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_PhysicalFrame

The CIM_PhysicalFrame class described in Table 2-3 contains other frame enclosures such as racks and chassis. Properties like VisibleAlarm or AudibleAlarm, and data related to security breaches are also members of this class.

Table 2-3. CIM_Physical Frame Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalFrame Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalPackage

Property Description Data Type

LockPresent Indicates whether the frame is protected with a lock. Boolean

AudibleAlarm Indicates whether the frame is equipped with an

audible alarm.

VisibleAlarm Indicates that the equipment includes a

visible alarm.

Boolean

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Table 2-3. CIM_Physical Frame Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalFrame Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalPackage

Property Description Data Type

SecurityBreach An enumerated, integer-valued property indicating

uint16 that a physical breach of the frame is in progress. Values for the SecurityBreach property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

No breach

Breach attempted

Breach successful

IsLocked Indicates that the frame is currently locked. Boolean

CIM_Chassis

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_PhysicalFrame

CIM_Chassis

The CIM_Chassis class described in Table 2-4 represents the physical elements that enclose physical elements such as power supplies, fans, and processors.

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Table 2-4. CIM_Chassis Parent Properties

Class Name: CIM_Chassis Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalFrame

Property Description Data Type

ChassisTypes Values for the ChassisTypes property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Mini-tower

To we r

Space-saving

Main system chassis

Expansion chassis

Subchassis

Space-saving

Main system chassis

Expansion chassis

Subchassis

Bus expansion chassis

Peripheral chassis

Storage chassis

Rack-mount chassis

uint16

DELL_Chassis

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_PhysicalFrame

CIM_Chassis

DELL_Chassis

The DELL_Chassis class explained in Table 2-5 defines the identifying and status properties of the chassis. DELL_Chassis inherits from CIM-defined classes, but is populated by Dell™ properties.

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Table 2-5. DELL_Chassis Properties

Class Name: DELL_Chassis Parent Class: CIM_Chassis

Property Description Data Type

AssetTag Indicates the container AssetTag string. This asset tag

string

string is writable by the system administrator.

SystemClass Refers to the system type that is installed and

uint16 running the instrumentation. Values for the SystemClass property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Workstation

Server

Desktop

Portable

Net PC

SystemID Indicates the system identifier code uint16

LogFormat Defines whether the event log data is unicode

uint16 formatted or binary (raw). Values for the event LogFormat property are as follows:

Formatted (event log only)

Unformatted

Events_and_POST_Formatted (both the event log and the power-on self-test (POST) log are unicode formatted)

FanStatus Indicates the global status of fan sensors. string

TempStatus Indicates the global status of temperature sensors. string

VoltStatus Indicates the global status of voltage sensors. string

AmpStatus Indicates the global status of current sensors. string

PsStatus Indicates the global status of power supplies. string

MemStatus Indicates the global status of memory devices. string

ProcStatus Indicates the global status of processor devices. string

FanRedStatus Indicates the global status of the cooling unit. string

PsRedStatus Indicates the global status of the power unit. string

IsDefaultThrSupported Indicates whether resetting default thresholds

Boolean are supported.

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CIM_PhysicalComponent

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalComponent

The CIM_PhysicalComponent class listed in Table 2-6 represents any low-level or basic component within a package. A component object either cannot or does not need to be broken down into its constituent parts. For example, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) cannot be broken down into smaller discrete parts.

Table 2-6. CIM_PhysicalComponent Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalComponent Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_Chip

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalComponent

CIM_Chip

The CIM_Chip class listed in Table 2-7 represents any type of integrated circuit hardware, including ASICs, processors, memory chips, and so on.

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Table 2-7. CIM_Chip Properties

Class Name: CIM_Chip Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalComponent

Property Description Data Type

Form Fac to r

0 Unknown

Other

SIP

DIP

ZIP

SOJ

Proprietary

SIMM

DIMM

TSOP

PGA

RIMM

SODIMM

SRIMM

SMD

SSMP

QFP

TQFP

SOIC

LCC

PLCC

BGA

FPBGA

LGA

FB-DIMM

uint16

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CIM_PhysicalMemory

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalComponent

CIM_Chip

CIM_PhysicalMemory

The CIM_PhysicalMemory class described in Table 2-8 is a subclass of CIM_Chip, representing low-level memory devices, such as SIMMS, DIMMs, and so on.

Table 2-8. CIM_PhysicalMemory Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalMemory Parent Class: CIM_Chip

Property Description Data Type

FormFactor See Table 2-7, “CIM_Chip Properties." uint16

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Table 2-8. CIM_PhysicalMemory Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalMemory Parent Class: CIM_Chip

Property Description Data Type

MemoryType Indicates the type of physical memory. Values for the

uint16

MemoryType property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Other

DRAM

Synchronous DRAM

Cache DRAM

EDO

EDRAM

VRAM

SRAM

RAM

ROM

Flash

EEPROM

FEPROM

EPROM

CDRAM

3DRAM

SDRAM

SGRAM

RDRAM

DDR

DDR2

DDR2 FB-DIMM

TotalWidth Indicates the total width, in bits, of the physical memory,

uint16

including check or error correction bits. If there are no error correction bits, the value in this property should match that specified for the DataWidth property.

DataWidth Indicates the data width, in bits, of the physical memory.

uint16

A data width of 0 and a total width of 8 would indicate that the memory is solely used to provide error correction bits.

Speed Indicates the speed of the physical memory, in

uint32

nanoseconds.

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Table 2-8. CIM_PhysicalMemory Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalMemory Parent Class: CIM_Chip

Property Description Data Type

SpeedAsString Indicates the accurate speed of the physical memory, in

string format (with units).

Capacity Indicates the total capacity of this physical memory, in

bytes.

BankLabel A string identifying the physically labeled bank where the

memory is located, for example, "Bank 0" or "Bank A."

PositionInRow Specifies the position of the physical memory in a “row.”

For example, if it takes two 8-bit memory devices to form a 16-bit row, then a value of 2 means that this memory is the second device. 0 is an invalid value for this property.

InterleavePosition Indicates the position of this physical memory in an

interleave. 0 indicates noninterleaved. 1 indicates the first position, 2 the second position and so on. For example, in a 2:1 interleave, a value of 1 indicates that the memory is in the “even” position.

string

uint64

string

uint32

CIM_PhysicalConnector

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalConnector

The CIM_PhysicalConnector class explained in Table 2-9 includes physical elements such as plugs, jacks, or buses that connect physical elements. Any object that can be used to connect and transmit signals or power between two or more physical elements is a member of this class. For example, slots and D-shell connectors are types of physical connectors. See Table 2-10 for a list of valid connector type values.

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Table 2-9. CIM_PhysicalConnector Properties

Class Name: CIM_PhysicalConnector Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalElement

Property Description Data Type

ConnectorPinout A free-form string describing the pin configuration

string

and signal usage of a physical connector.

ConnectorType An array of integers defining the type of physical

uint16 connector. An array is specified to allow the description of “combinations” of connector information. For example, one array entry could specify RS-232, another DB-25, and a third entry could define the connector as male. See Table 2-10 for the values of the ConnectorType property.

Table 2-10. Connector Type Values

0 Unknown 30

Other

Male

Fema le

Shielded

Unshielded

SCSI (A) High-Density (50 pins)

SCSI (A) Low-Density (50 pins)

SCSI (P) High-Density (68 pins)

SCSI SCA-I (80 pins)39RJ45

SCSI SCA-II (80 pins)

Fibre Channel (DB-9 Copper)

Fibre Channel (Fiber Optical)

unused

IEEE-48

AUI

UTP Category 3

UTP Category 4

UTP Category 5

BNC

RJ11

Fiber MIC

unused

Micro-DIN

PS/2

Infrared

unused

Access. bus

unused

Centronics

Mini-Centronics

Mini-Centronics Ty p e - 1 4

Mini-Centronics Ty p e - 2 0

Mini-Centronics Ty p e - 2 6

Bus Mouse

ADB

On Board IDE Connector

On Board Floppy Connector

9 Pin Dual Inline

25 Pin Dual Inline

50 Pin Dual Inline

68 Pin Dual Inline

On Board Sound Connector

Mini-jack

PCI-X

Sbus IEEE 1396-1993 32-bit

100

Sbus IEEE 1396-1993 64-bit

101

unused

102

GIO

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Table 2-10. Connector Type Values (continued)

Fibre Channel SCA-II

PCI

(40 pins)

Fibre Channel SCA-II

ISA

(20 pins)

Fibre Channel BNC45unused

ATA 3-1/2 Inch

VESA

(40 pins)

ATA 2-1/2 Inch

unused

(44 pins)

ATA-2

ATA-3

ATA/66

DB-9

DB-15

DB-25

DB-36

RS-232C

RS-422

RS-423

RS-485

RS-449

unused

USB

IEEE 1394

HIPPI

HSSDC (6 pins)

GBIC

DIN

Mini-DIN

AGP

VME Bus

VME64

Proprietary

Proprietary Processor Card Slot

Proprietary Memory Card Slot

Proprietary I/O Riser Slot

PCI-66 MHz

AGP2X

AGP4X

PC-98

PC-98-Hireso

PC-H98

PC-98Note

PC-98Full

SSA SCSI

Circular

103

XIO

104

HIO

105

NGIO

106

PMC

107

MTRJ

108

VF-45

109

Future I/O

110

111

112

Electrical

113

Optical

114

Ribbon

115

GLM

116

1x9

117

Mini SG

118

119

HSSC

CIM_Slot

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalConnector

CIM_Slot

The CIM_Slot class described in Table 2-11 represents connectors into which packages are inserted. For example, a physical package that is a hard drive can be inserted into an small computer system interfacesingle connector attachment (SCSI-SCA) slot. As another example, a card can be inserted into a 16-, 32, or 64-bit expansion slot on a host board.

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Table 2-11. CIM_Slot Properties

Class Name: class CIM_Slot Parent Class: CIM_PhysicalConnector

Property Description Data Type

ConnectorType See Table 2-10 uint16

SupportsHotPlug Indicates whether the slot supports hot-plug adapter cards. Boolean

MaxDataWidth Indicates the maximum bus width in bits of adapter cards

uint16 that can be inserted into this slot. Values for the MaxDataWidth property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Other

Bits

128

Bits

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CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalElement is a CIM-defined class containing the subclasses shown in Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1. CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_System

CIM_ComputerSystem

DELL_Chassis

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_FRU

CIM_Sensor

CIM_DiscreteSensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_TemperatureSensor

CIM_CurrentSensor

CIM_VoltageSensor

CIM_Tachometer

CIM_LogicalPort

CIM_NetworkPort

CIM_Watchdog

CIM_CoolingDevice

CIM_UserDevice

CIM_PowerSupply

CIM_Controller

CIM_Processor

CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_SoftwareElement

CIM_BIOSElement

DELL_NetworkPort

CIM_Fan

CIM_PointingDevice

CIM_Keyboard

CIM_ParallelController

CIM_SerialController

CIM_PCIController

CMI_PCIDevice

CMI_PCIBridge

CIM_Memory

CIM_CacheMemory

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CIM_SoftwareFeature

DELL_SoftwareFeature

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_IRQ

CIM_MemoryMappedIO

CIM_DMA

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

DELL_PSRedundancyGroup

DELL_FanRedundancyGroup

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPoint

DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPort

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) identified in Table 3-1 lists the following characteristics for members of the CIM_LogicalElement class:

• Represent abstractions used to manage and coordinate aspects of a physical environment such as files, processes, systems, system capabilities, and network components in the form of logical devices

• Represent devices, where devices are abstractions of hardware entities that may or may not be realized in physical hardware

Table 3-1. CIM_LogicalElement Properties

Class Name: CIM_LogicalElement Parent Class: CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_System

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_System

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The CIM_System class shown in Table 3-2 defines a collection of managed system elements that operates as a functional whole. An instance of the CIM_System class contains a well-defined list of components that work together to perform a specific function.

Table 3-2. CIM_System Properties

Class Name: CIM_System Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

Name Indicates the name of a specific system, such as a

particular storage system or server.

PrimaryOwnerContact Provides information on how the primary system

owner can be reached, for example, a phone number or e-mail address.

PrimaryOwnerName Indicates the name of the primary system owner. string

Roles An array of strings that specifies the roles this

system plays in the IT environment. For example, for an instance of a network system, the Roles property might contain the string "storage system."

string

CIM_ComputerSystem

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_System

CIM_ComputerSystem

The CIM_ComputerSystem class listed in Table 3-3 contains some or all of the following CIM_ManagedSystemElements: file system, operating system, processor and memory (volatile and/or nonvolatile storage). For properties, see Table 3-2, "CIM_System Properties."

Table 3-3. CIM_ComputerSystem Properties

Class Name: CIM_ComputerSystem Parent Class: CIM_System

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DELL_System

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_System

CIM_ComputerSystem

DELL_System

The DELL_System class listed in Table 3-4 is the set of all Dell™ instrumented systems, including server and storage systems. For properties, see Table 3-2, "CIM_System Properties."

Table 3-4. DELL_System Properties

Class Name: DELL_System Parent Class: CIM_ComputerSystem

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

The CIM_LogicalDevice class described in Table 3-5 models a hardware entity that may be realized in physical hardware. CIM_LogicalDevice includes any characteristics of a logical device that manages its operation or configuration. An example of a logical device is a temperature sensor’s reading of actual temperature.

Table 3-5. CIM_Logical Device Properties

Class Name: CIM_LogicalDevice Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

SystemCreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

SystemName Indicates the scoping system’s name. string

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

DeviceID Identifies an address or other identifying information

to uniquely name the logical device.

string

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CIM_FRU

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_FRU

The CIM_FRU class described in Table 3-6 contains manufacturing information related to the Field Replaceable Units (FRU) of a system such as system planar, I/O riser card.

Table 3-6. CIM_FRU Properties

Class Name: CIM_FRU Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

FRUInformationState Indicates the state and availability of FRU

information.

FRUDeviceName Indicates the device name of the FRU String

FRUManufacturingDateName Indicates the manufacturing date of the FRU in

ticks.

FRUManufacturerName Indicates the name of the manufacturer. String

FRUPartNumberName Indicates the FRU part number. String

FRUSerialNumberName Indicates the FRU serial number. String

FRURevisionName Indicates the FRU Revision number. String

Uint 16

Integer

CIM_LogicalPort

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_LogicalPort

The CIM_LogicalPort class listed in Table 3-14 represents the abstraction of a port or connection point of a device. For example, a USB port can be abstracted to represent a port. This feature is used when the abstracted port has independent management characteristics from the device that includes it.

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Table 3-7. CIM_LogicalPort Properties

Class Name: CIM_LogicalPort Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

Speed Indicates the bandwidth of the port in bits per

second.

MaxSpeed Indicates the maximum bandwidth of the port in

bits per second.

RequestedSpeed Indicates the requested bandwidth of the port in

bits per second.

UsageRestriction Indicates usage parameters for the port. For

example, a storage array may have backend ports to communicate with disk drives and front end ports to communicate with hosts.

Uint64

Unit64

Unit16

CIM_NetworkPort

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_LogicalPort

CIM_NetworkPort

The CIM_NetworkPort class listed in Table 3-8 describes the logical representation of a network.

Table 3-8. CIM_NetworkPort Properties

Class Name: CIM_NetworkPort Parent Class: CIM_LogicalPort

Property Description Data Type

Speed Indicates the bandwidth of the port in bits per

second.

PortType Identifies port type and whether it is DMTF

reserved or vendor reserved. When this property is set to 1 (Other), the OtherPropertyType property contains a string description of the port type.

Uint64

Uint16

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Table 3-8. CIM_NetworkPort Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_NetworkPort Parent Class: CIM_LogicalPort

Property Description Data Type

OtherPortType When used in conjunction with PortType, this

String

property identifies port type.

LinkTechnology Enumerates the types of links to the device.

Uint16 When this property is set to 1, the OtherLinktechnology property displays relevant links to the device.

OtherLinkTechnology When used in conjunction with Link Technology,

String this property displays relevant links to the device.

PermanentAddress Defines the network address hardcoded into a

String port.

NetworkAddresses Indicates the network addresses for a port. String

FullDuplex Indicates whether the port is operating in a full

Boolean duplex mode.

AutoSense Indicates whether the Network Port is capable of

Boolean automatically determining the speed or other characteristics of network attached media.

SupportedMaximumTransmission Unit

ActiveMaximumTransmissionUnit Indicates the active or negotiated maximum

Indicates the maximum transmission unit supported.

Uint64

Uint64 transmission unit supported.

DELL_NetworkPort

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_LogicalPort

CIM_NetworkPort

DELL_NetworkPort

The DELL_NetworkPort class listed in Table 3-9 represents the abstraction of a port or connection point of a device. For example, a USB port can be abstracted to represent a port. This feature is used when the abstracted port has independent management characteristics from the device that includes it.

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Table 3-9. DELL_NetworkPort Properties

Class Name: Dell_NetworkPort Parent Class: CIM_NetworkPort

Property Description Data Type

NicTOECapability Defines NIC TOE capability. The following

values, with explanations, are possible for this property:

0 - NIC/driver does not support querying for capability.

1 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but query returned an error.

2 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is capable.

4- NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is not capable.

8 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but error prevented querying NIC/driver.

16 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but NIC/driver did not respond to query.

NicRDMACapability Defines NIC RDMA capability. The following

values, with explanations, are possible for this property:

0 - NIC/driver does not support querying for capability.

1 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but query returned an error.

2 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is capable.

4- NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is not capable.

8 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but error prevented querying NIC/driver.

16 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but NIC/driver did not respond to query.

Uint32

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Table 3-9. DELL_NetworkPort Properties (continued)

Class Name: Dell_NetworkPort Parent Class: CIM_NetworkPort

Property Description Data Type

NiciSCSICapability Defines NIC iSCSI Capability. The following

values, with explanations, are possible for this property:

0 - NIC/driver does not support querying for capability.

1 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but query returned an error.

2 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is capable.

4- NIC/driver supports querying for capability and query says it is not capable.

8 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but error prevented querying NIC/driver.

16 - NIC/driver supports querying for capability but NIC/driver did not respond to query.

IsTOEEnable Indicates whether TOE is enabled. Boolean

IsRDMAEnable Indicates whether RDMA is enabled. Boolean

IsiSCSIEnable Indicates whether SCSI is enabled. Boolean

NicStatus Indicates NIC /driver status. The following values

are possible:

0 - Unknown

1 - Connected

2 - Disconnected

3 - Driver Bad

4 - Driver Disabled

10 - Hardware initializing

11 - Hardware resetting

12 - Hardware closing

13 - Hardware not ready

BusNumber Indicates the PCI bus number. uint8

FunctionNumber Indicates the PCI Function number. uint8

Driver version Indicates the NIC driver version. string

Uint32

unit32

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Table 3-9. DELL_NetworkPort Properties (continued)

Class Name: Dell_NetworkPort Parent Class: CIM_NetworkPort

Property Description Data Type

IPAddress Indicates the NIC IP Address. String

SubnetMask Indicates the NIC subnet mask. String

DHCPServer Indicates the NIC DHCP Server. String

DefaultGateway Indicates the NIC default gateway. String

CurrentMACAddress Indicates the NIC current MAC address. String

OSAdapterDescription Describes the OS Adapter. String

OSAdapterVendor Provides OS Adapter vendor details. String

OSAdapterProductName Identifies the OS Adapter name. String

ServiceName Identifies the Service Name. String

CIM_Sensor

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_CurrentSensor

The CIM_Sensor class explained in Table 3-10 contains hardware devices capable of measuring the characteristics of some physical property, for example, the temperature or voltage characteristics of a computer system.

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Table 3-10. CIM_Sensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_Sensor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

SensorType The type of the sensor, for example, voltage or

uint16

temperature sensor.

Values for the SensorType property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Other

Temperature sensors measure the environmental temperature.

Voltage sensors measure electrical voltage.

Current sensors measure current readings.

Tachometers measure speed/revolutions of a device. For example, a fan device can have an associated tachometer that measures its speed.

Batteries maintain the time and date and save the system’s BIOS configuration when switched off.

OtherSensorType

The type of sensor when the SensorType property is set to Other. String

Description

PossibleStates Enumerates the string outputs of the sensor. For example, a

String

NumericSensor can report states based on threshold readings.

CurrentState Indicates the current state of the sensor. This value is always one

String

of the Possible States.

PollingInterval Indicates the polling interval, in nanoseconds, that the sensor

uint64 hardware or instrumentation uses to determine the current state of the sensor.

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CIM_DiscreteSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_DiscreteSensor

The CIM_DiscreteSensor class described in Table 3-11 has a set of legal string values that it can report. The CIM_DiscreteSensor will always have a "current reading" that corresponds to one of the enumerated values.

Table 3-11. CIM_DiscreteSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_DiscreteSensor Parent Class: CIM_Sensor

Property Description Data Type

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

PossibleValues Enumerates the string outputs that can be reported by the sensor. sint32

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

The CIM_NumericSensor class described in Table 3-12 returns numerical settings and may also support threshold settings. Figure 3-2 shows the relationship among upper and lower critical and upper and lower noncritical threshold values. The normal range falls between upper and lower noncritical thresholds.

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Figure 3-2. Ranges for Threshold Values

FATAL

UPPER

CRITICAL

WARNIN G

UPPER

User Definable

NORMAL

LOWER

User Definable

WARNIN G

LOWER

CRITICAL

FATAL

Table 3-12 provides definitions for NumericSensor properties.

Table 3-12. CIM_NumericSensor Properties

NONCRITICAL

Class Name: CIM_NumericSensor Parent Class: CIM_Sensor

Property Description Data Type

UnitModifier See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

IsLinear See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." Boolean

LowerThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

LowerThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

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Table 3-12. CIM_NumericSensor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_NumericSensor Parent Class: CIM_Sensor

Property Description Data Type

UpperThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

SupportedThresholds An array representing the thresholds supported

uint16 by this sensor. The supported values are as follows:

LowerThresholdNonCritical

UpperThresholdNonCritical

LowerThresholdCritical

UpperThresholdCritical

EnabledThresholds An array representing the thresholds that are

uint16 currently enabled for this sensor.

Enabled threshold values are as follows:

LowerThresholdNonCritical

UpperThresholdNonCritical

LowerThresholdCritical

UpperThresholdCritical

SettableThresholds An array representing the writable thresholds

uint16 supported by sensor.

Settable threshold values are as follows:

LowerThresholdNonCritical

UpperThresholdNonCritical

CIM_TemperatureSensor

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_TemperatureSensor

The CIM_TemperatureSensor class listed in Table 3-13 contains sensors that sample ambient temperature and return a value in degrees Celsius.

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Table 3-13. CIM_TemperatureSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_TemperatureSensor Parent Class: CIM_NumericSensor

Property Description Data Type

UnitModifier See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

IsLinear See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." Boolean

LowerThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

LowerThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CIM_CurrentSensor

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_CurrentSensor

The CIM_CurrentSensor class listed in Table 3-14 contains sensors that measure amperage and returns a value in amperes.

Table 3-14. CIM_CurrentSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_CurrentSensor Parent Class: CIM_NumericSensor

Property Description Data Type

UnitModifier See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

IsLinear See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." Boolean

LowerThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

LowerThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

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Table 3-14. CIM_CurrentSensor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_CurrentSensor Parent Class: CIM_NumericSensor

Property Description Data Type

UpperThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CIM_VoltageSensor

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_VoltageSensor

The CIM_VoltageSensor class shown in Table 3-15 contains sensors that measure voltage and return a value in volts.

Table 3-15. CIM_VoltageSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_VoltageSensor Parent Class: CIM_NumericSensor

Property Description Data Type

UnitModifier See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

IsLinear See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." Boolean

LowerThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

LowerThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

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CIM_Tachometer

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Sensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_Tachometer

The CIM_Tachometer class listed in Table 3-16 contains devices that measure revolutions per minute (RPM) of a fan and return the value in RPMs.

Table 3-16. CIM_Tachometer Properties

Class Name: CIM_Tachometer Parent Class: CIM_NumericSensor

Property Description Data Type

SensorType See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." uint16

UnitModifier See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CurrentReading See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

IsLinear See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." Boolean

LowerThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." sint32

CIM_WatchDog

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Watchdog

The CIM_WatchDog class described in Table 3-17 represents a timer that is implemented in system hardware. The watchdog feature allows the hardware to monitor the state of the operating system, BIOS, or a software component installed on the system. If the monitored component fails to rearm the timer before its expiration, the hardware assumes that the system is in a critical state and could reset the system. This feature can also be used as an application watchdog timer for a mission-critical application. In this case, the application would assume responsibility for rearming the timer before expiration.

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Table 3-17. CIM_WatchDog Properties

Class Name: CIM_WatchDog Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

MonitoredEntity Indicates the entity that is currently being

uint16 monitored by the watchdog feature. This property is used to identify the module that is responsible for rearming the watchdog at periodic intervals. Values for the MonitoredEntity property are as follows:

Unknown

Other

Operating System

MonitoredEntity Description A string describing additional textual

string information about the monitored entity.

TimeoutInterval Indicates the time-out interval used by the

uint32 watchdog, in microseconds.

TimerResolution Indicates the resolution of the watchdog timer.

uint32 For example, if this value is 100, then the timer can expire anytime between –100 microseconds and +100 microseconds.

CIM_CoolingDevice

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_CoolingDevice

The CIM_CoolingDevice class described in Table 3-18 contains a set of devices that work to keep the ambient internal temperature of the system at a safe value.

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Table 3-18. CIM_CoolingDevice Properties

Class Name: CIM_CoolingDevice Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

ActiveCooling Specifies whether the device provides active (as opposed to

Boolean

passive) cooling.

CIM_Fan

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_CoolingDevice

CIM_Fan

The CIM_Fan class explained in Table 3-19 contains a set of devices that work to keep the ambient internal temperature of the system at a safe value by circulating air.

Table 3-19. CIM_Fan Properties

Class Name: CIM_Fan Parent Class: CIM_CoolingDevice

Property Description Data Type

VariableSpeed Specifies whether the fan supports variable speeds. Boolean

DesiredSpeed Indicates the currently requested fan speed, defined in RPM.

When the value = TRUE, the fan supports variable speeds. When a variable speed fan is supported (VariableSpeed Boolean = TRUE), the actual speed is determined using a sensor (CIM_Tachometer) that is associated with the fan.

uint64

CIM_UserDevice

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_UserDevice

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The CIM_UserDevice class shown in Table 3-20 contains logical devices that allow a computer system’s users to input, view, or hear data. Classes derived from CIM_UserDevice include CIM_Keyboard and CIM_PointingDevice.

Table 3-20. CIM_UserDevice Properties

Class Name: CIM_UserDevice Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

IsLocked Indicates whether the device is locked, preventing user input

Boolean

or output.

CIM_PointingDevice

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_UserDevice

CIM_PointingDevice

The CIM_PointingDevice class described in Table 3-21 includes those devices used to point to regions of a display. Examples are a mouse or a trackball.

Table 3-21. CIM_PointingDevice Properties

Class Name: CIM_PointingDevice Parent Class: CIM_UserDevice

Property Description Data Type

PointingType Indicates the type of pointing device. Values for the

Boolean

PointingType property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Mouse

Trackball

Trackpoint

Glidepoint

Touch pad

Touch screen

Mouse—optical sensor

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Table 3-21. CIM_PointingDevice Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_PointingDevice Parent Class: CIM_UserDevice

Property Description Data Type

NumberOfButtons Indicates the number of buttons. If the CIM_PointingDevice

uint8

has no buttons, a value of 0 is returned.

Handedness Integer indicating whether the CIM_PointingDevice is

uint16 configured for right- or left-handed operation. Values for the Handedness property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Not applicable

Right-handed operation

Left-handed operation

CIM_Keyboard

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_UserDevice

CIM_Keyboard

The CIM_Keyboard class explained in Table 3-22 includes devices that allow users to enter data.

Table 3-22. CIM_Keyboard Properties

Class Name: CIM_Keyboard Parent Class: CIM_UserDevice

Property Description Data Type

NumberOfFunctionKeys Indicates the number of function keys on the

keyboard.

Layout A free-form string indicating the format and layout

of the keyboard.

uint16

string

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Table 3-22. CIM_Keyboard Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Keyboard Parent Class: CIM_UserDevice

Property Description Data Type

Password An integer indicating whether a hardware-level

uint16

password is enabled at the keyboard, preventing local input. Values for the Password property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Disabled

Enabled

Not implemented

CIM_PowerSupply

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_PowerSupply

The CIM_PowerSupply class described in Table 3-23 contains devices that provide current and voltage for the operation of the system and its components.

Table 3-23. CIM_PowerSupply Properties

Class Name: CIM_PowerSupply Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

IsSwitchingSupply Indicates that the power supply is a switching power

Boolean

supply and not a linear power supply.

Range1InputVoltageLow Indicates the low voltage in millivolts of input

uint32 voltage range 1 for this power supply. A value of 0 denotes unknown.

Range1InputVoltageHigh Indicates the high voltage in millivolts of input

uint32 voltage range 1 for this power supply. A value of 0 denotes unknown.

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Table 3-23. CIM_PowerSupply Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_PowerSupply Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

ActiveInputVoltage Indicates which input voltage range is currently in

uint16 use. Range 1, 2, or both can be specified using the values 3, 4, or 5, respectively. If the supply is not drawing power, a value of 6 (neither) can be specified. This information is necessary in the case of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a subclass of power supply. Values for the ActiveInputVoltage property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Range 1

Range 2

Both range 1 and range 2

Neither range 1 nor range 2

TotalOutputPower Represents the total output power of the power

uint32 supply in milliwatts. A value of 0 denotes that the power output is unknown.

CIM_Controller

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

The CIM_Controller class shown in Table 3-24 groups miscellaneous control-related devices. Examples of controllers are small computer system interface (SCSI) controllers, Universal Serial Bus (USB) controllers, and serial controllers.

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Table 3-24. CIM_Controller Properties

Class Name: CIM_Controller Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

ProtocolSupported The protocol used by the controller to access controlled

uint16 devices. Values for the ProtocolSupported property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

PCI

Parallel protocol

CIM_ParallelController

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

CIM_ParallelController

The CIM_ParallelController class identified in Table 3-25 contains a set of objects that control parallel devices. Parallel controllers transfer 8 or 16 bits of data at a time to the devices they control, for example, a parallel port controlling a printer.

Table 3-25. CIM_ParallelController Properties

Class Name: CIM_ParallelController Parent Class: CIM_Controller

Property Description Data Type

DMASupport Set to TRUE if the parallel controller supports DMA. Boolean

Security An enumeration indicating the operational security for the

uint16

controller. Values for the Security property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

None

External interface locked out

External interface enabled

Boot bypass

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CIM_SerialController

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

CIM_SerialController

The CIM_SerialController class explained in Table 3-26 contains controllers that transfer data one bit at a time to the devices they control, for example, a serial port controlling a modem.

Table 3-26. CIM_SerialController Properties

Class Name: CIM_SerialController Parent Class: CIM_Controller

Property Description Data Type

MaxBaudRate Indicates the maximum baud rate in bits per second

supported by the serial controller.

Security An enumeration indicating the operational security for the

controller. Values for the Security property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

None

External interface locked out

External interface enabled

Boot bypass

uint32

uint16

CIM_PCIController

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

CIM_PCIController

The CIM_PCIController class listed in Table 3-27 contains a set of devices that follow the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) protocol defined by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA). The PCI protocol defines how data is transferred between devices. The CIM_PCIController class contains PCI adapters and bridges.

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Table 3-27. CIM_PCIController Properties

Class Name: CIM_PCIController Parent Class: CIM_Controller

Property Description Data Type

CommandRegister The current contents of the register that provides basic

uint16 control over the device’s ability to respond to, and/or perform PCI accesses. The data in the capabilities array is gathered from the PCI status register and the PCI capabilities list as defined in the PCI specification.

Values for the CommandRegister property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Other

Supports 66 MHz

Supports user-definable features

Supports fast back-to-back transactions

PCI-X capable

PCI power management supported

Message signaled interrupts supported

Parity error recovery capable

AGP supported

Vital product data supported

Provides slot identification

Hot swap supported

CIM_PCIDevice

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

CIM_PCIController

CIM_PCIDevice

The CIM_PCIDevice class shown in Table 3-28 describes the capabilities and management of a PCI device controller on an adapter card.

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Table 3-28. CIM_PCIDevice Properties

Class Name: CIM_PCIDevice Parent Class: CIM_PCIController

Property Description Data Type

BaseAddress Identifies an array of up to six double-word base

uint32

memory addresses.

SubsystemID Identifies a subsystem identifier code. uint16

SubsystemVendorID Identifies a subsystem vendor ID. ID information

uint16 is reported from a PCI device via protocol-specific requests. This information is also present in the CIM_PhysicalElement class (the manufacturer property) for hardware, and the CIM_Product class (the vendor property) for information related to product acquisition.

ExpansionROMBaseAddress Identifies a double-word expansion ROM base

uint32 memory address.

CIM_PCIBridge

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Controller

CIM_PCIController

CIM_PCIBridge

The CIM_PCIBridge class shown in Table 3-29 describes the capabilities and management of a PCI controller providing bridge-to-bridge capability. An example is a PCI to Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) bus bridge.

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Table 3-29. CIM_PCIBridge Properties

Class Name: CIM_PCIBridge Parent Class: CIM_PCIController

Property Description Data Type

BaseAddress Identifies an array of double-word base memory addresses. uint32

BridgeType Indicates the type of bridge. A bridge is PCI to <value>,

uint16 except for the Host, which is a host-to-PCI bridge. Values for the BridgeType property are as follows:

0 Host

ISA

128

Other

BaseAddress Identifies an array of double-word base memory addresses. uint32

CIM_Processor

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Processor

The CIM_Processor class described in Table 3-30 contains devices that interpret and execute demands, for example, the Intel

Xeon® microprocessor.

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

Role A string describing the role of the microprocessor, for example,

string

central microprocessor or math processor.

UpgradeMethod Provides microprocessor socket information including data on

uint16 how this microprocessor can be upgraded (if upgrades are supported). This property is an integer enumeration. Values for the UpgradeMethod property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Daughter board

ZIF socket

Replacement/piggy back

None

LIF socket

Slot 1

Slot 2

370-pin socket

Socket mPGA604

Socket LGA771

Socket LGA775

MaxClockSpeed Indicates the maximum speed (in MHz) of this microprocessor. uint32

Core count Indicates the number of processors core detected. uint16

CoreEnabledCount Indicates the number of processors core enabled. uint16

CurrentClockSpeed Indicates the current speed (in MHz) of this microprocessor. uint32

DataWidth Indicates the processor data width in bits. uint16

AddressWidth Indicates the processor address width in bits. uint16

Stepping Indicates the revision level of the processor within the

string microprocessor family.

UniqueID Identifies a globally unique identifier for the microprocessor. This

string identifier may only be unique within a microprocessor family.

Brand Indicates the brand name of the processor. string

Model Indicates the model name of the processor. string

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

ExtendedCharacteristics Indicates the extended capabilities of the processor. This attribute

unit16 is a bit field. The following are the definitions of a bit when set to one:

Bit 0 — Virtualization Technology (VT) supported

Bit 1 — Demand-Based Switching (DBS) supported

Bit 2 — eXecute Disable (XD) supported

Bit 3 — Hyper Threading (HT) supported

ExtendedStates Indicates the setting of the extended capabilities of the processor.

unit16 This attribute is a bit field. The following are the definitions of a bit when set to one:

Bit 0 — Virtualization Technology (VT) enabled

Bit 1 — Demand-Based Switching (DBS) enabled

Bit 2 — eXecute Disable (XD) enabled

Bit 3 — Hyper Threading (HT) enabled

CPUStatus Indicates the current status of the microprocessor. For example, it

uint16 may be disabled by the user via the BIOS or disabled due to a POST error. Values for the CPUStatus property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Microprocessor enabled

Microprocessor disabled by user via BIOS setup

Microprocessor disabled by BIOS (POST error)

Microprocessor is idle

Other

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

Family Refers to the processor family type. Values for the Family property

uint16 are as follows:

Other

Unknown

8086

80286

80386

80486

8087

80287

80387

80487

Pentium® family

Pentium PRO

Pentium II

Pentium MMX™

Celeron Xeon (Pentium II) Pentium III M1 family M2 family 5 family K6 family K6-2 K6-3

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

AMD Athlon family

AMD Duron

AMD29000 family

K6-2+

Power PC family

Power PC 601

Power PC 603

Power PC 603+

Power PC 604

Power PC 620

Power PC X704

Power PC 750

Alpha family

Alpha 21064

Alpha 21066

Alpha 21164

Alpha 21164PC

Alpha 21164a

Alpha 21264

Alpha 21364

MIPS family

MIPS R4000

MIPS R4200

MIPS R4400

MIPS R4600

MIPS R10000

SPARC family

SuperSPARC

MicroSPARC II

MicroSPARC IIep

UltraSPARC

UltraSPARC II

UltraSPARC Iii

UltraSPARC III

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

UltraSPARC IIIi

68040

68xx family

68000

68010

100

68020

101

68030

112

Hobbit family

120

Crusoe TM5000 family

121

Crusoe TM3000 family

122

Efficeon TM8000 family

128

We it ek

130

Itanium™

131

AMD Athlon 64-bit family

132

AMD Opteron family

133

AMD Sempron family

134

AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology

135

Dual Core AMD Opteron family

136

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core family

144

PA-RISC family

145

PA-RISC 8500

146

PA-RISC 8000

147

PA-RISC 7300LC

148

PA-RISC 7200

149

PA-RISC 7100LC

150

PA-RISC 7100

160

V30 family

176

Xeon (Pentium II)

177

960™

178

Pentium 4

179

Intel Xeon

180

AS400 family

181

Intel Xeon processor MP

182

AMD Athlon XP family

183

AMD Athlon MP family

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Table 3-30. CIM_Processor Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_Processor Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

Property Description Data Type

184

Intel Itanium 2

185

Pentium M

186

Celeron Dual Core

187

Pentium Dual Core

188

Pentium Extreme edition

190

200

S/390 and zSeries family

201

ESA/390 G4, ESA/390 G5

202

ESA/390 G6

203

z/Architecture base

250

i860

251

i960

260

SH-3

261

SH-4

280

ARM

281

StrongARM

300

6x86

301

MediaGX

302

MII

320

WinChip

350

DSP

500

Video processor

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CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_StorageExtent identified in Table 3-31 contains devices that manage data storage, for example, hard drives or microprocessor memory.

Table 3-31. CIM_StorageExtent Properties

Class Name: CIM_StorageExtent Parent Class: CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_Memory

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_Memory

The CIM_Memory class identified in Table 3-32 describes the capabilities and management of storage extent devices, for example, cache memory or system memory.

Table 3-32. CIM_Memory Properties

Class Name: CIM_Memory Parent Class: CIM_StorageExtent

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CIM_CacheMemory

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_Memory

CIM_CacheMemory

The CIM_CacheMemory class explained in Table 3-33 describes the capabilities and management of cache memory. Cache memory allows a microprocessor to access data and instructions faster than normal system memory.

Table 3-33. CIM_CacheMemory Properties

Class Name: CIM_CacheMemory Parent Class: CIM_Memory

Property Description Data Type

Level Defines whether this is the primary, secondary, or tertiary cache.

Values for the Level property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

Not applicable

WritePolicy Either defines whether this cache is a write-back or write-

through cache or whether this information varies with address or is defined individually for each input/output (I/O). Values for the WritePolicy property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Write-back

Write-through

Varies with address

Determination per I/O

uint16

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Table 3-33. CIM_CacheMemory Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_CacheMemory Parent Class: CIM_Memory

Property Description Data Type

CacheType Defines whether this cache is for instruction caching, data

uint16 caching, or both (unified). Values for the CacheType property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Instruction

Data

Unified

LineSize Indicates the size, in bytes, of a single cache bucket or line. uint32

ReadPolicy Defines the policy used by the cache for handling read requests.

uint16 Values for the ReadPolicy property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Read

Read-ahead

Read and read-ahead

Determination per I/O

CIM_SoftwareElement

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SoftwareElement

The CIM_SoftwareElement class described in Table 3-34 is used to define a CIM_SoftwareFeature. The CIM_SoftwareElement class consists of individually manageable or deployable parts for a particular platform. A software element’s platform is uniquely identified by its underlying hardware architecture and operating system (for example, a system running Microsoft microprocessor). A software element’s implementation on a particular platform depends on the platform’s operating system.

Windows NT® on an Intel

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Table 3-34. CIM_SoftwareElement Properties

Class Name: CIM_SoftwareElement Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

Name Indicates the name that identifies this software element. string

Version Provides the version in the form

<major>.<minor>.<revision> or <major>.<minor><letter><revision>; for example, 1.2.3 or

1.2a3.

Manufacturer See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

BuildNumber Indicates the internal identifier for this build of the software

element.

IdentificationCode Provides the manufacturer’s identifier for this software element.

Often this will be a stock keeping unit (SKU) or a part number.

string

CIM_BIOSElement

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SoftwareElement

CIM_BIOSElement

The CIM_BIOSElement class listed in Table 3-35 describes the BIOS for the system. The BIOS controls the following:

• Communications between the microprocessor and peripheral devices, such as the keyboard and the video adapter

• Miscellaneous functions, such as system messages

Table 3-35. CIM_BIOSElement Properties

Class Name: CIM_BIOSElement Parent Class: CIM_SoftwareElement

Property Description Data Type

Version Provides the product version information. string

Manufacturer See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

PrimaryBIOS Specifies whether a given BIOS is the primary BIOS for the system.

When the value = TRUE, the BIOS is the primary BIOS.

Boolean

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CIM_SoftwareFeature

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SoftwareFeature

The CIM_SoftwareFeature class shown in Table 3-36 defines a particular function or capability of a product or application system. This class is intended to be meaningful to a consumer, or user of a product, rather than to explain how the product is built or packaged. When a software feature can exist on multiple platforms or operating systems (for example, a client component of a three-tiered client/server application might run on Windows NT), a software feature is a collection of all the software elements for these different platforms. The users of the model must be aware of this situation because typically they will be interested in a subcollection of the software elements required for a particular platform.

Table 3-36. CIM_SoftwareFeature Properties

Class Name: CIM_SoftwareFeature Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

IdentifyingNumber Provides product identification such as a serial number

on software.

ProductName Identifies the commonly used product name. string

Vendor Identifies the name of the product’s supplier.

Corresponds to the vendor property in the product object in the DMTF solution exchange standard.

Version Identifies the product version information. Corresponds

to the version property in the product object in the DMTF solution exchange standard.

Name Defines the label by which the object is known to the

users. This label is a user-defined name that uniquely identifies the element.

string

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DELL_SoftwareFeature

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SoftwareFeature

DELL_SoftwareFeature

DELL_SoftwareFeature described in Table 3-37 defines the universal resource locator (URL) of the systems management software and the language in which systems management information displays. Defining these properties enables users to manage a system using an Internet browser. You can access Server Administrator using the secure hypertext transfer protocol (https) and a preassigned port number of 1311, or you can specify a port number of your own choosing.

Table 3-37. DELL_SoftwareFeature Properties

Class Name: DELL_SoftwareFeature Parent Class: CIM_SoftwareFeature

Property Description Data Type

OmsaURL Defines the URL for Server Administrator. string

Language Sets the language for systems management information. string

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SystemResource

The CIM_SystemResource class listed in Table 3-38 provides access to system resources from an operating system. SystemResources consist of interrupt requests (IRQs) and direct memory access (DMA) capabilities.

Table 3-38. CIM_SystemResource Properties

Class Name: CIM_SystemResource Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

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CIM_IRQ

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_IRQ

The CIM_IRQ class described in Table 3-39 contains IRQ information. An IRQ is a signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device. The signal travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor. Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number. For example, the first serial port in your computer (COM1) is assigned to IRQ4 by default.

Table 3-39. CIM_IRQ Properties

Class Name: CIM_IRQ Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource

Property Description Data Type

CSCreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CSName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

IRQNumber Identifies the interrupt request number. uint32

Availability Indicates the availability of the IRQ. Values for the

Availability property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Available

In use/not available

In use and available

TriggerLevel Indicates whether the interrupt is triggered by the

hardware signal going high or low. Values for the TriggerLevel property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Active low

Active high

uint16

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Table 3-39. CIM_IRQ Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_IRQ Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource

Property Description Data Type

TriggerType Indicates whether edge (value=4) or level triggered

uint16

(value=3) interrupts occur.

Other

Unknown

Level

Edge

Shareable Indicates whether the IRQ can be shared. A value of

Boolean

TRUE indicates that the IRQ can be shared.

Hardware Indicates whether the interrupt is hardware- or

Boolean software-based. (A value of TRUE indicates that the interrupt is hardware based.) On a personal computer, a hardware IRQ is a physical wire to a programmable interrupt controller (PIC) chip set through which the microprocessor can be notified of time critical events. Some IRQ lines are reserved for standard devices such as the keyboard, diskette drive, and the system clock. A software interrupt is a programmatic mechanism to allow an application to get the attention of the processor.

CIM_MemoryMappedIO

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_MemoryMappedIO

The CIM_MemoryMappedIO class explained in Table 3-40 addresses both memory and port I/O resources for personal computer architecture memory mapped I/O.

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Table 3-40. CIM_MemoryMappedIO Properties

Class Name: CIM_MemoryMappedIO Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource

Property Description Data Type

CSCreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CSName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

StartingAddress Identifies the starting address of memory mapped I/O. uint64

EndingAddress Identifies the ending address of memory mapped I/O. uint64

MappedResource

Indicates the type of memory mapped I/O.

uint16 MappedResource defines whether memory or I/O is mapped, and for I/O, whether the mapping is to a memory or a port space. Memory mapped I/O values are as follows:

Other

Mapped memory

I/O mapped to memory space

I/O mapped to port space

CIM_DMA

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_DMA

The CIM_DMA class explained in Table 3-41 contains DMA information. A DMA channel allows

certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass the microprocessor.

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Table 3-41. CIM_DMA Properties

Class Name: CIM_DMA Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource

Property Description Data Type

CSCreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CSName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

DMAChannel Identifies a part of the object’s key value, the DMA

channel number.

Availability Indicates the availability of the DMA. Values for the

Availability property are as follows:

Other

Unknown

Available

In use/not available

In use and available/shareable

uint32

uint16

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_RedundancyGroup

The CIM_RedundancyGroup class explained in Table 3-42 is a set of components that provide more instances of a critical component than are required for the system’s operation. The extra components are used in case of critical component failure. For example, multiple power supplies allow a working power supply to take over when another power supply has failed.

Table 3-42. CIM_RedundancyGroup Properties

Class Name: CIM_RedundancyGroup Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

CreationClassName See Table 1-2, "Common Properties of Classes." string

Name Serves as the key for the redundancy group’s instance in an

enterprise environment.

string

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Table 3-42. CIM_RedundancyGroup Properties (continued)

Class Name: CIM_RedundancyGroup Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElement

Property Description Data Type

RedundancyStatus Provides information on the state of the redundancy group.

uint16

Values for the RedundancyStatus property are as follows:

0 Unknown

Other

Fully redundant. Fully redundant means that all of the configured redundancy is still available.

Degraded redundancy. Degraded redundancy means that some failures have been experienced but some reduced amount of redundancy is still available.

Redundancy lost. Redundancy lost means that a sufficient number of failures have occurred so that no redundancy is available and the next failure experienced will cause overall failure.

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

The CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup class explained in Table 3-43 applies to systems that have more capability and components than are required for normal operation, for example, systems that have extra fans or power supplies.

Table 3-43. CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup Properties

Class Name: CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup Parent Class: CIM_RedundancyGroup

Property Description Data Type

MinNumberNeeded Specifies the smallest number of elements that must be

operational in order to have redundancy. For example, in an N+1 redundancy relationship, the MinNumberNeeded property should be set to N.

uint32

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DELL_PSRedundancyGroup

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

DELL_PSRedundancyGroup

The DELL_PSRedundancyGroup described in Table 3-44 is a Dell-specific extension of the CIM_PowerSupply class. The DELL_PSRedundancyGroup class defines what constitutes power supply redundancy in a system.

Table 3-44. DELL_PSRedundancyGroup Properties

Class Name: DELL_PSRedundancyGroup Parent Class: CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

DELL_FanRedundancyGroup

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

DELL_FanRedundancyGroup

The DELL_FanRedundancyGroup described in Table 3-45 defines what constitutes fan redundancy in a system.

Table 3-45. DELL_FanRedundancyGroup Properties

Class Name: DELL_FanRedundancyGroup Parent Class: CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

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CIM_EnabledLogicalElement Group

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

The CIM_EnabledLogicalElementGroup class described in Table 3-46 extends the CIM_LogicalElementGroup class to abstract the concept of an element that is enabled or disabled, such as a LogicalDevice or ServiceAccessPoint.

Table 3-46. CIM_EnabledLogicalElementGroup Properties

Class Name: CIM_EnabledLogicalElementGroup Parent Class: CIM_LogicalElementGroup

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

The CIM_ServiceAccessPointGroup class described in Table 3-47 represents the ability to utilize or invoke a service. Access points indicate that a service is available to other entities for use.

Table 3-47. CIM_ServiceAccessPointGroup Properties

Class Name: CIM_ServiceAccessPointGroup Parent Class: CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPoint

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPoint

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The CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup class identified in Table 3-48 describes the accessing and addressing of information for a remote connection that is known to a "local" network element. This information is contained in the "local" network element since this is the context in which it is "remote". The relevance of the remote service access point and information on its use are described by subclassing or associating to the CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup class.

Table 3-48. CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup Properties

Class Name: CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup Parent Class: CIM_ServiceAccessPointGroup

Property Description Data Type

AccessInfo Describes accessing or addressing of information for a

remote connection. This can be a host name, network address, and other similar information.

InfoFormat Indicates an enumerated integer describing the format and

interpretation of the AccessInfo property. This property can have the following values:

•"Other"

•"Host Name"

• "Ipv4 Address"

• "Ipv6 Address"

• "IPX Address"

• "DECnet Address"

• "SNA Address"

• "Autonomous System Number"

• "MPLS Label"

• "DMTF Reserved"

• "Dial String"

• "Ethernet Address"

• "Token Ring Address"

• "ATM Address"

• "Frame Relay Address"

• "DMTF Reserved"

•"URL"

• "Vendor Specific"

string

uint16

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DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPort

CIM_

ManagedSystemElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPoint

DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPort

The DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPortGroup class described in Table 3-49 is an extended class of the CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup class. The DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPortGroup class provides information about Dell implementation-specific attributes.

Table 3-49. DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPortGroup Properties

Class Name: DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPortGroup Parent Class: CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPointGroup

Property Description Data Type

PortName Displays the name of the service access port. string

VersionString Indicates the version of the access point service. string

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Dell-defined Classes

The Dell-defined classes are defined and populated by Dell rather than by CIM. None of these classes have a parent class and are on the same level as CIM_ManagedSystemElement. For information on how the logs are formatted, see Table 2-5, “DELL_Chassis Properties.”

DELL_EsmLog

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_EsmLog

The DELL_EsmLog class described in Table 4-1 records failure threshold violations collected by Server Administrator’s embedded server management (ESM) capabilities.

Table 4-1. DELL_EsmLog Properties

Class Name: DELL_EsmLog Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

RecordNumber Provides an index to the ESM table. uint32

LogRecord Provides the ESM message content. string

EventTime Indicates the time that the message is generated. datetime

Status Indicates the severity of the event that caused the log to

be generated.

string

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DELL_PostLog

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_PostLog

The DELL_PostLog identified in Table 4-2 is a record of the system’s power-on self-test (POST). When you turn on a system, the POST tests various system components, such as random-access memory (RAM), the hard drives, and the keyboard.

Table 4-2. DELL_PostLog Properties

Class Name: DELL_PostLog Parent Class: None

DELL_CMApplication

NOTE: Dell-updateable components, such as BIOS and FW, are considered applications.

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMApplication

The DELL_CMApplication class identified in Table 4-3 contains information related to the Dell Change Management applications.

Table 4-3. DELL_CMApplication Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMApplications Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

Product ID Indicates the product ID number string

Name Indicates the name of the product string

Description Provides a short description of the product string

Vendor Indicates the name of the product

manufacturer

Version Indicates the current version of the product string

string

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DELL_CMDevice

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMDevice

The DELL_CMDevice identified in Table 4-4 contains information related to the Dell Change Management device.

Table 4-4. DELL_CMDevice Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMDevice Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

Component ID Defines a component string string

Name Indicates the name of the device string

VendorID Defines an ID for vendor supplying the

device

DeviceID Indicates the ID of the device string

SubDevice ID Indicates the ID for additional device string

Bus Indicates the PCI bus number string

Device Indicates the PCI device number string

Function Indicates the PCI Function number string

string

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DELL_CMDeviceApplication

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMDeviceApplications

The DELL_CMDeviceApplication class identified in Table 4-5 contains information related to the Dell Change Management association between the device and application.

Table 4-5. DELL_CMDeviceApplication Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMDeviceApplication Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

Antecedent Refers to the device string

Dependent Refers to the application string

DELL_CMInventory

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMInventory

The DELL_CMInventory identified in Table 4-6 contains information related to the Dell Change Management inventory.

Table 4-6. DELL _CMInventory Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMInventory Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

Local Indicates the locale of the system string

SchemaVersion Indicates the Inventory schema

implemented by the system

SystemID Defines the System ID string

string

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DELL_CMOS

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMOS

The DELL_CMOS class identified in Table 4-7 contains information related to the Dell Change Management operating system.

Table 4-7. DELL_CMOS Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMOS Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

Vendor Indicates the vendor of the operating system string

MajorVersion Indicates the major version of the operating system string

MinorVersion Indicates the minor version of the operating system string

spMajorVersion Indicates the current service pack number for the

operating system’s major version

spMinorVersion Indicates the current service pack number for the

operating system’s minor version

string

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DELL_CMProductInfo

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

DELL_CMProductInfo

The DELL_CMProductInfo identified in Table 4-8 contains information related to the Dell Change Management product.

Table 4-8. DELL_CMProductInfo Properties

Class Name: DELL_CMProductInfo Parent Class: None

Property Description Data Type

ProductID Indicates the product ID number string

Name Indicates the name of the product string

Description Provides a short description of the product string

Vendor Indicates the name of the product manufacturer string

Version Indicates the current version number of the product string

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CIM_Dependency

The CIM_Dependency class is an association used to establish dependency relationships between two managed system elements. CIM_Dependency shown in Figure 5-1 does not have a parent class because it is a relationship or association between two elements.

Figure 5-1. CIM_Dependency Class Structure

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

DELL_FanSensor

CIM_PackageTempSensor

CIM_PackageVoltSensor

CIM_PackageCurrentSensor

CIM_PackageFanSensor

CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor

DELL_PackagePSRedundancy

DELL_PS Redundancy

Each class derived from CIM_Dependency has an element called an antecedent that represents the independent object in this association, and another element called a dependent that represents the object that is dependent on the antecedent. For example, consider two managed system elements: Chassis1 and PowerSupply3. Chassis1 is the antecedent element because a managed power supply would always be either contained in, or grouped with, a chassis.

DELL_FanSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

DELL_FanSensor

The DELL_FanSensor class described in Table 5-1 defines a Dell-specific association between a fan and a sensor. The CIM_PackageFanSensor class contains fans that assist in cooling the entire package as opposed to a fan that is dedicated to cooling only some of the components in the package.

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Table 5-1. DELL_FanSensor Properties

Class Name: DELL_FanSensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_Tachometer refers to the tachometer (fan sensor) that measures the

RPM of the fan.

Dependent CIM_Fan refers to the fan whose revolutions are measured by the

tachometer.

CIM_PackageTempSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackageTempSensor

The CIM_PackageTempSensor class listed in Table 5-2 contains temperature sensors that are often installed in a package such as a chassis or a rack to assist in the monitoring of the package in general. This relationship is described by the CIM_PackageTempSensor association.

Table 5-2. CIM_PackageTempSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_PackageTempSensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_TempSensor refers to the temperature sensor for the package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the physical package whose environment is

being monitored.

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CIM_PackageVoltSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackageVoltSensor

The CIM_PackageVoltSensor identified in Table 5-3 contains voltage sensors that are often installed in a package such as a chassis or a rack to assist in the monitoring of the package in general. This relationship is described by the CIM_PackageVoltSensor association.

Table 5-3. CIM_PackageVoltage Properties

Class Name: CIM_PackageVoltSensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_PackageVoltSensor refers to the voltage sensor for the package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the physical package whose voltages are

being monitored.

CIM_PackageCurrentSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackageCurrentSensor

The CIM_PackageCurrentSensor shown in Table 5-4 contains amperage sensors that are often installed in a package such as a chassis or a rack to assist in the monitoring of the package in general. This relationship is described by the CIM_PackageCurrentSensor association.

Table 5-4. CIM_PackageCurrentSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_PackageCurrentSensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_CurrentSensor refers to the amperage sensor for the package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the physical package whose amperage is

being monitored.

CIM_Dependency 85

CIM_PackageFanSensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackageFanSensor

The CIM_PackageFanSensor class described in Table 5-5 contains fan sensors that monitor the whole package.

Table 5-5. CIM_PackageFanSensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_PackageFanSensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_Fan refers to the cooling device for the package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the physical package whose environment is

being monitored.

CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor

The CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor class described in Table 5-6 contains power supplies that provide power to the whole package.

Table 5-6. CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor Properties

Class Name: CIM_PackagePowerSupplySensor Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_PowerSupplySensor refers to the power supply sensor that monitors

wattage for the entire package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the package whose wattage is being monitored.

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DELL_PackagePSRedundancy

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

DELL_PackagePSRedundancy

The DELL_PackagePSRedundancy class listed in Table 5-7 defines what constitutes power supply redundancy for an entire package.

Table 5-7. DELL_PackagePSRedundancy Properties

Class Name: DELL_PackagePSRedundancy Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent DELL_PSRedundancyGroup refers to power supplies that deliver wattage

for the entire package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the package to which the wattage is

being supplied.

CIM_Dependency 87

DELL_PSRedundancy

CIM_ManagedSystemElement

CIM_Dependency

DELL_PSRedundancy

The DELL_PSRedundancy class shown in Table 5-8 defines what constitutes power supply redundancy for Dell™ systems.

Table 5-8. DELL_PSRedundancy Properties

Class Name: DELL_PSRedundancy Parent Class: CIM_Dependency

Property Description

Antecedent CIM_PowerSupplySensor refers to the power supply sensor that monitors

wattage for the entire package.

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage refers to the package whose wattage is

being monitored.

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Glossary

The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in user documents.

Array Manager

A systems management application that allows you to manage and configure SCSI and Fibre Channel RAID controllers through a common user interface.

asset tag code

An individual code assigned to a computer, usually by a system administrator, for security or tracking purposes.

attribute

An attribute, or property, contains a specific piece of information about a manageable component. For example, a component can have attributes for settings, capabilities, and status.

CIM

Acronym for Common Information Model, which is a model for describing management information from the DMTF. CIM is implementation independent, allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a variety of sources. CIM includes schemas for systems, networks, applications, and devices. It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIB data from SNMP agents.

CIMOM

Acronym for common information model object manager.

CI/O

Acronym for comprehensive input/output.

class

For the purposes of the Dell CIM provider, a class is a set of managed system elements that can be monitored

and managed using a systems management console capable of receiving CIM information. Managed system elements can have various levels of complexity, from rack systems containing multiple servers and storage systems, to individual fans, power supplies, processors, and chips. Physical objects that contain systems can be associated with the CIM_PhysicalPackage class. Managed objects of intermediate complexity can be represented by such classes as CIM_SoftwareElement or CIM_PowerSupplyRedundancy. Simple managed system elements can be represented by classes such as CIM_Processor.

component

Manageable components are operating systems, computer systems, expansion cards, or peripherals that are compatible with a systems management standard such as CIM and SNMP. Each component is made up of groups and attributes that are defined as relevant to that component.

controller

A chip that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and memory or between the microprocessor and a peripheral device such as a disk drive or the keyboard.

DMTF

Abbreviation for Distributed Management Task Force, a consortium of companies representing hardware and software providers.

ix86

Variable used to represent microprocessors such as

i386™, i486™, and so forth.

Intel

Glossary 89

IHV

Acronym for independent hardware vendor. IHVs often develop their own SNMP MIBs for components that they manufacture.

IT Assistant

A comprehensive systems management application that integrates event management, configuration management, and asset management for systems distributed throughout an enterprise.

MIB

Acronym for management information base. A MIB is used to send detailed status/commands from or to an SNMP managed device.

MOF

Acronym for managed object format, which is an ASCII file that contains the formal definition of a CIM schema.

NIC

Acronym for network interface controller.

property

A property is a capability or characteristic of a CIM class. The temperature probe class, for example, has a property that describes its thresholds for normal, lower critical, and upper critical ranges of operation. Defining where normal operation ends and where critical temperatures begin determines when warnings should be sent to the systems manager for corrective action.

Every property has a Description and a Data Type

The Description provides a brief explanation of what a particular managed object does. The Data Type specifies the form that the values of a property must take. For example, some values are bit fields and others are integers or strings.

provider

A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed objects. The provider accesses data and generates event notifications from a variety of sources. The Dell CIM provider extends the standard CIM schema to make it easier to manage systems.

MOF

A MOF is a management object file that models objects in a systems management environment. The MOF models the relationships between different managed objects. For example, the CIM_RedundancyGroup is a parent class for components that are so critical to the proper functioning of a system that the system is designed to have additional critical components. When a critical component fails, redundancy allows the system to continue operation because there are other components that can compensate for the loss. The DELL_PowerSupply and DELL_FanRedundancy classes are derived from the CIM redundancy group. The relationship is one of child to parent.

RAID

Acronym for redundant array of independent disks.

response file

The file that records the features that an administrator wants to incorporate into an unattended installation is called a “response file” or an “answer file.”

set operation

An operation used to write or “set” data to MIB variables maintained by the SNMP agent.

SNMP

Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is an industry-standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations.

unattended installation

An unattended installation requires far less operator involvement than an interactive installation. Also called a “silent installation,” unattended installation programs record the administrator’s preferences about which features of an application program to install. The file that records these installation feature preferences is called a “response file” or an “answer file.” System administrators typically create packages that include the response file and any other files needed to install the program, distribute the package to multiple systems, and activate the unattended installation.

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Index

CIM classes and properties, 7

base classes, 8 classes that describe

relationships, 8

common properties of

classes, 10 conventions, 9 parent classes, 8

CIM_Chip, 19

CIM_Dependency

CIM_PackageCurrentSensor, 85 CIM_PackageFanSensor, 86 CIM_PackagePowerSupplySen

sor, 86 CIM_PackageTempSensor, 84 CIM_PackageVoltSensor, 85 DELL_FanSensor, 83 DELL_PackagePSRedundancy,

DELL_PSRedundancy, 88

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_BIOSElement, 63 CIM_CacheMemory, 62 CIM_ComputerSystem, 29 CIM_Controller, 49 CIM_CoolingDevice, 44 CIM_CurrentSensor, 41 CIM_DiscreteSensor, 38 CIM_DMA, 69 CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup, 71 CIM_Fan, 45 CIM_FRU, 31

CIM_LogicalElement (continued)

CIM_IRQ, 67 CIM_Keyboard, 47 CIM_LogicalDevice, 30 CIM_LogicalPort, 31 CIM_Memory, 61 CIM_MemoryMappedIO, 68 CIM_NumericSensor, 38 CIM_ParallelController, 50 CIM_PCIBridge, 53 CIM_PCIController, 51 CIM_PointingDevice, 46 CIM_PowerSupply, 48 CIM_Processor, 54 CIM_RedundancyGroup, 70 CIM_Sensor, 31, 36 CIM_SerialController, 51 CIM_SoftwareElement, 63 CIM_SoftwareFeature, 65-66 CIM_System, 28 CIM_SystemResource, 66 CIM_Tachometer, 43 CIM_TemperatureSensor, 40 CIM_UserDevice, 45 CIM_VoltageSensor, 42 CIM_Watchdog, 43 DELL_FanExtraCapacityGrou

p, 72 DELL_NetworkPort, 33 DELL_PSRedundancyGroup,

72 DELL_System, 30

CIM_LogicalElement Class

structure of, 27

CIM_PhysicalComponent, 19

CIM_PhysicalElememt

CIM_PhysicalConnector, 23 CIM_PhysicalMemory, 21

CIM_PhysicalElement, 13

CIM_Chassis, 16 CIM_Chip, 19 CIM_PhysicalComponent, 19 CIM_PhysicalFrame, 15 CIM_PhysicalPackage, 14 CIM_Slot, 25 DELL_Chassis, 17 structure of, 13

CIM_PhysicalElementClass

structure of, 13

CIM_SoftwareElement, 63

class name, 9

common properties of

classes, 10

current reading, 10

data type, 9

Dell OpenManage Server

Agent, 7

DELL_CMApplication, 78

DELL_CMDevice, 79

DELL_CMDeviceApplication, 80

DELL_CMInventory, 80

Index 91

DELL_CMOS, 81

DELL_CMProductInfo, 82

DELL_EsmLog, 77

DELL_PostLog, 78

DELL_PSRedundancy, 88

description, 9

parent class, 9

property, 9

Server Administrator 1.0, 7

version, 11

92 Index

Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5.0 CIM Reference Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Introduction

Server Administrator

Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties

Base Classes

Parent Classes

Classes That Describe Relationships

Dell-defined Classes

Typographical Conventions

Common Properties of Classes

Other Documents You May Need

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalElement

CIM_PhysicalPackage

CIM_PhysicalFrame

CIM_Chassis

DELL_Chassis

CIM_PhysicalComponent

CIM_Chip

CIM_PhysicalMemory

CIM_PhysicalConnector

CIM_Slot

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_LogicalElement

CIM_System

CIM_ComputerSystem

DELL_System

CIM_LogicalDevice

CIM_FRU

CIM_LogicalPort

CIM_NetworkPort

DELL_NetworkPort

CIM_Sensor

CIM_DiscreteSensor

CIM_NumericSensor

CIM_TemperatureSensor

CIM_CurrentSensor

CIM_VoltageSensor

CIM_Tachometer

CIM_WatchDog

CIM_CoolingDevice

CIM_Fan

CIM_UserDevice

CIM_PointingDevice

CIM_Keyboard

CIM_PowerSupply

CIM_Controller

CIM_ParallelController

CIM_SerialController

CIM_PCIController

CIM_PCIDevice

CIM_PCIBridge

CIM_Processor

CIM_StorageExtent

CIM_Memory

CIM_CacheMemory

CIM_SoftwareElement

CIM_BIOSElement

CIM_SoftwareFeature

DELL_SoftwareFeature

CIM_SystemResource

CIM_IRQ

CIM_MemoryMappedIO

CIM_DMA

CIM_RedundancyGroup

CIM_ExtraCapacityGroup

DELL_PSRedundancyGroup

DELL_FanRedundancyGroup

CIM_EnabledLogicalElement Group

CIM_ServiceAccessPoint

CIM_RemoteServiceAccessPoint

DELL_RemoteServiceAccessPort

Dell-defined Classes

DELL_EsmLog

DELL_PostLog

DELL_CMApplication