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 makes available a set of abstract and concrete classes of objects. 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 for keeping track of your networked systems. In addition
to providing systems management agents that are independent of the management console, Server Administrator supports these
systems management standards: CIM and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
In addition to supporting systems management industry standards, Server Administrator provides additional systems management
information about the specific components of your Dell system.
Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties
The Dell CIM provider extends support to Dell-specific software and hardware components. The Dell MOF defines the classes for
the Dell CIM provider. All of the supported classes and properties in the MOF are documented in this guide.
The following subsections define some of the basic building blocks of CIM classes that are used in describing the dccim32 provider
name. These subsections also explain how the elements used in describing these classes are organized. This section does not
document the entire CIM schema, but only those classes and properties supported by the dccim32 provider. The list of properties
for each supported class varies greatly.
The property values being presented could be NULL or empty string on some systems, although in general, some non-empty values
can be expected. Key properties (listed below) always carry non-empty values. It is recommended that you use only the following
properties as key attributes:
• CIM_PhysicalElement: CreationClassName, Tag
• CIM_System: CreationClassName, Name
• CIM_LogicalDevice: SystemCreationClassName, SystemName, CreationClassName, DeviceID
• CIM_Dependency: Antecedent, Dependent
• CIM_SoftwareElement: Name, Version, SoftwareElementState, SoftwareElementID, TargetOperatingSystem
• CIM_SoftwareFeature: IdentifyingNumber, ProductName, Vendor, Version, Name
• CIM_IRQ: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, IRQNumber
• CIM_MemoryMappedIO: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, StartingAddress
• CIM_DMA: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, DMAChannel
• CIM_RedundancyGroup: CreationClassName, Name
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