CIM Reference Guide

Introduction 9
The CIM_PackageCurrentSensor monitors an entire physical package, such as all the components
contained in a given system chassis. The CIM_PhysicalPackage is dependent on the
CIM_PackageCurrentSensor for this monitoring function.
Dell-defined Classes
Server Administrator has extended some CIM classes and has created new classes to assist in managing
systems and their components. In the diagrams that appear in the documentation for each class, those
classes created and populated by Dell are designated by the gold (lighter gray) triangle icon.
Typographical Conventions
The following example shows how most of the classes in the Dell CIM provider are documented.
Table 1-1 shows a partial class description for the DELL_DMA class. (For a full class description, see
Table 3-41, "CIM_DMA Properties.")
Class Name appears in
Courier typeface and provides the string that names the class in the MOF.
Parent Class appears in
Courier typeface and provides the name of the class from which the present
class is derived.
Property denotes the name of the attribute that is being defined for this class.
Description includes text that defines the property.
Data Type stipulates the format that the values of this property must take. Common data types include
Boolean, string, and various types of integer. Boolean indicates that the property must be expressed as
one of two alternatives.
Table 1-1. CIM_DMA Properties
Class Name: CIM_DMA
Parent Class: CIM_SystemResource
Property Description Data Type
DMAChannel A part of the object’s key value, the DMA channel number. uint32
Availability Availability of the DMA. Availability values are defined as follows:
1 Other
2 Unknown
3 Available
4 In Use/Not Available
5 In Use and Available/Shareable
uint16