CIM Reference Guide

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Introduction
This reference guide documents the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator
Common Information Model (CIM) provider contained in the Management
Object File (MOF) dccim32.mof.
CIM provides a conceptual model for describing manageable objects in a
systems management environment. CIM is a modeling tool rather than a
programming language. CIM provides the structure for organizing objects
into a model of a managed environment. For modeling a managed
environment, CIM provides a set of abstract and concrete classes. These
classes model the basic characteristics of systems, networks, and applications,
as well as groupings of management-related data.
For more information about CIM, see the Distributed Management Task
Force (DMTF) website at dmtf.org and the Microsoft website at
microsoft.com.
Server Administrator
Server Administrator provides a suite of systems management information to
keep track of the networked systems. In addition to providing systems
management agents that are independent of the management console, Server
Administrator supports the following systems management industry standards:
CIM and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Server Administrator also provides additional systems management
information about the specific components of the Dell system.
What’s New in This Release
The highlight of the OpenManage Server Administrator 7.0 release is the
inclusion of new enumeration value (NIC capabilities) to the
Dell_NetworkPort class.
For a list of platforms, operating systems, and browsers support added and
deprecated, see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 7.0 User's
Guide and Dell Systems Software Support Matrix Version 7.0 at
support.dell.com/manuals.