Concept Guide

Profile Name Description
Virtual Address Management is supported by setting attributes of VirtMacAddr,
VirtIscsiMacAddr, VirtFIPMacAddr, VirtWWN, VirtWWPN, and VirtualizationMode.
Software Inventory The Dell Software Inventory Profile extends the management capabilities of
referencing profiles by adding the capability to represent the software inventory of
system.
Software Update
The Software Update Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing
profiles by adding the capability to update platform firmware or software.
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: installfromRepository and
DCIM_SoftwareInstallationService: GetRepoBasedUpdateList allows updates from
update repository.
Solid-state Drive (SSD) wear-level odometer: Ability to provide lifetime/wear out of
SSD drives attached to PERC controller.
DIF drive reporting: PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 (PERC 9) is adding support for PI
(Protection Information) drives. These protection fields are known as DIF (Data
Integrity Fields) and drives supporting PI are also known as DIF drives. The data
integrity field provides additional data robustness by providing CRC such as data
validation at every level in the RAID stack.
System Info
The DCIM System Info Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running
system management tasks related to the management of the host system.
System QuickSync The DCIM System QuickSync profile document describes the properties and
interfaces used for system management tasks related to the management of
QuickSync or NFC devices within a system.
USB device The DCIM USB Device profile describes the properties and interfaces for the system
management tasks related to the USB devices within a system.
Video The DCIM Video Profile describes the properties and interfaces for running system
management tasks related to the management of video controllers within a system.
Virtual Media The DCIM Virtual Media Profile describes the properties for running system
management tasks related to managing the Virtual Media functionality.
MOF WSDL and XSD API definitions
A complement to the profile documentation is the Managed Object File (MOF) that documents the class
implementation of the Dell-specific CIM classes. Web Service Description Language (WSDL) and XML
Schema Definition (XSD) files describe the resulting functionality.
Managed object file
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an IT
environment are represented as a common set of objects and relationships between them. This is
intended to allow consistent management of these managed elements, independent of their
manufacturer or provider.
Files that contain the normative description for classes, properties, and methods are contained within the
Managed Object File (MOF).
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