HP WBEM Services Software Developer's Kit, Version A.02.07, Release Notes, March 2008

HP WBEM Services Software Developers Kit Version A.02.07, Release Notes
Announcement
Chapter 16
Announcement
The following information is for version A.02.07 of HP WBEM Services Software Developers
Kit (SDK).
HP WBEM Services Software Developers Kit is available from http://software.hp.com.
The HP WBEM Services SDK is the software developer’s kit for the HP WBEM Services
product. It provides application developers with the tools they need to develop CIM client
applications and provider modules for HP WBEM Services.
HP WBEM Services and HP WBEM Services Software Developers Kit are HP’s
implementation of the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) WBEM (Web-Based
Enterprise Management) standard for the HP-UX Operating Environment.
The HP WBEM Services SDK is a set of APIs that contain the components necessary for
developers to write management applications that communicate with DMTF WBEM standard
compliant devices. Developers can also use the SDK to develop providers to enable managed
objects to communicate with the CIM Server. Providers get information about the managed
objects and fulfill requests on behalf of client applications.
The APIs represent and manipulate CIM objects. These APIs represent CIM objects as C++
classes. Programmers can use these interfaces to describe managed objects and retrieve
information about managed objects on a WBEM-enabled system.
Provider API
Provider APIs are interfaces that the CIM Server and providers use to communicate with
each other. Providers can use these interfaces to provide the CIM Server a particular kind of
dynamic data. When an application requests dynamic data from the CIM Server, the CIM
Server uses these interfaces to pass the request to the registered provider.
Client API
Client APIs are interfaces that the CIM Clients use to communicate with the CIM Server.
CIM Client Applications can use these interfaces to retrieve information about managed
objects on a WBEM-enabled system.