Reference Guide

DCIM_BaseMetricDefinition
Table 3. BaseMetricDefinition
Property Description
Caption
The Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the
object.
Description
The Description property provides a textual description of the object.
ElementName
A user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each instance to
define a user-friendly name in addition to its key properties, identity data, and
description information.
NOTE: The Name property of ManagedSystemElement is also
defined as a user-friendly name. But, it is often subclassed to be a
Key. It is not reasonable that the same property can convey both
identity and a user-friendly name, without inconsistencies. Where
Name exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of
LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in both the
Name and ElementName properties.
Accuracy
Indicates the accuracy of the values reported for this metric.
AccuracyUnits
The accuracy is expressed as the value of theAccuracy property in the units
specified by the AccuracyUnits property.
BreakdownDimensions
Defines one or more strings that can be used to refine (break down) queries
against the BaseMetricValues along a certain dimension. An example is a
transaction name, allowing the break down of the total value for all
transactions into a set of values, one for each transaction name. Other
examples might be application system or user group name. The strings are free
format and should be meaningful to the end users of the metric data. The
strings indicate which break down dimensions are supported for this metric
definition, by the underlying instrumentation.
Calculable
An enumerated value that describes the characteristics of the metric, for
purposes of performing calculations.
Possible values are:
• 1 = Non-calculable
• 2 = Summable
• 3 = Non-summable
ChangeType
ChangeType indicates how the metric value changes, in the form of typical
combinations of finer grain attributes such as direction change, minimum and
maximum values, and wrapping semantics.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 2 = N/A
• 3 = Counter
• 4 = Gauge
• 5..32767 = DMTF Reserved
• 32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
• 3 = Counter
DataType
The data type of the metric. These types represent the datatypes defined for
CIM.
Possible values are:
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