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Power Supply Profile
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7.8.1 CIM_PowerSupply.ElementName Is Modifiable
Implementations may allow the CIM_PowerSupply.ElementName to be modified by a client. This behavior
is conditional. This section describes the CIM elements and behavior requirements when an
implementation supports client modification of the CIM_PowerSupply.ElementName property.
CIM_PowerSupply.ElementName property shall be writable when the ElementNameEditSupported
property of the associated CIM_EnabledLogicalElementCapabilities instance has a value of TRUE.
7.9 Modeling Real-time Power Measurement Sensor (Optional)
This section describes constraints for representing the real-time power measurement sensor in addition to
the constraints described in the Sensors Profile. There are two types of the real-time power measurement
sensors: a power consumption measurement sensor and a power production measurement sensor. The
following sections describe the requirements for representing such sensors.
7.9.1 Power Consumption Measurement Sensor
The power consumption measurement sensor shall be represented if and only if the underlying device
consuming power is represented by an instance of the CIM_ManagedSystemElement subclass. When
representing the power consumption measurement sensor, the requirements in this section shall apply.
The discrete power consumption measurement sensor shall be represented by the CIM_Sensor with the
property values as defined in section Error!. The analog power consumption measurement sensor shall
be represented by the CIM_NumericSensor with the property values as defined in section Error!.
The instance of CIM_Sensor or CIM_NumericSensor representing the power consumption sensor shall
be associated to instance of the CIM_ManagedSystemElement subclass representing the managed
device consuming the power through the CIM_AssociatedSensor association.
If the power consumption sensor represents the external consumption by all the devices scoped to a
managed system, the instance of CIM_Sensor or CIM_NumericSensor representing the sensor shall be
associated to the instance of CIM_ComputerSystem representing the managed system through the
CIM_AssociatedSensor association.
If the power consumption sensor represents the external consumption by the power supply, the instance
of CIM_Sensor or CIM_NumericSensor representing the sensor shall be associated to the Central
Instance representing the power supply through the CIM_AssociatedSensor association.
7.9.2 Power Production Measurement Sensor
When representing the power production measurement sensor, the requirements in this section shall
apply.
The discrete power production measurement sensor shall be represented by the CIM_Sensor with the
property values as defined in section Error!. The analog power production measurement sensor shall be
represented by the CIM_NumericSensor with the property values as defined in section Error!.
If the power production sensor represents the power produced by all the power supplies in a managed
system, the instance of CIM_Sensor or CIM_NumericSensor representing the sensor shall be associated
to the Scoping Instance through the CIM_AssociatedSensor association.
If the power production sensor represents the power produced by the power supply, the instance of
CIM_Sensor or CIM_NumericSensor representing the sensor shall be associated to the Central Instance
representing the power supply through the CIM_AssociatedSensor association.