Reference Guide
Property Description Supported 
Operating 
System(s)
CurrentReading is between LowerThresholdNonCritical and UpperThresholdNonCritical, 
then the Sensor is reporting a normal value. If the CurrentReading is between 
UpperThreshold NonCritical and UpperThresholdCritical, then the CurrentState is 
NonCritical.
Example for Set command: wmic /namespace:\\root\dcim\sysman path 
dcim_numericsensor Where ElementName like '%Temperature Sensor:%’ set 
UpperThresholdNonCritical = 70
ValueFormulation
Indicates the method used by the sensor to produce its reading.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 2 = Measured - Indicates the value is measured directly by the sensor.
• 3 = Derived - Indicates the value is derived from other measured values that are not 
reported discretely by this sensor.
• .. = DMTF Reserved
• 32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
Microsoft 
Windows, Linux
SupportedThresholds 
SupportedThresholds property is an array that contains the list of the implemented 
thresholds: LowerThresholdNonCritical, UpperThresholdNonCritical, 
LowerThresholdCritical, UpperThresholdCritical. When the implementation does not 
support any of these threshold properties, the CIM_NumericSensor.SupportedThresholds 
property shall be an empty array.
Microsoft 
Windows, Linux
SettableThresholds
SettableThresholds property is an array that contains the list of the settable implemented 
thresholds: LowerThresholdNonCritical, UpperThresholdNonCritical. The 
CIM_NumericSensor.SettableThresholds array shall contain the subset of values in the 
CIM_NumericSensor.SupportedThresholds array. When the implementation does not 
support any of the settable threshold properties, the 
CIM_NumericSensor.SettableThresholds property shall be an empty array.
Microsoft 
Windows, Linux
Caption
A short textual description of an object.
Microsoft 
Windows, Linux
Description
A short textual description of an object.
Microsoft 
Windows, Linux
DCIM_Sensor
Table 32. Sensor
Property Description
Caption 
The Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object.
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.
CurrentState 
The current state indicated by the Sensor. This is always one of the PossibleStates.
DeviceID
An address or other identifying information used to uniquely name the LogicalDevice.
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, 
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