Connectivity Guide

Standard Data Type Denitions

This appendix contains denitions for data types that are standard in most contexts across the information technology industry. These are

the most common data types for describing variable values dened in the 10892.mib , dcs3rmt.mib and dcs3fru.mib les. Server

Administrator-specic variable values are dened in the last section of the section in which they are introduced.

Topics:

• Common Data Types

• Variables with Data Types of State Capabilities and State Capabilities Unique

• Dell Status Data Types

• Dell Date

Common Data Types

Common data types include several types of strings, the object range, signed and unsigned bit ranges, and the familiar Boolean (true or

false) data type.

Table 1862. Common Data Types

Variable Name: Denition

DellString DisplayString (SIZE (0..64))

DellSecurityString DisplayString (SIZE (0..255))

DellCostofOwnershipString DisplayString (SIZE (0..64))

DellObjectRange INTEGER (1..128)

DellUnsigned8BitRange INTEGER (1..256)

DellUnsigned16BitRange INTEGER (1..65535)

DellUnsigned32BitRange Gauge (0..4294967295)

DellSigned32BitRange INTEGER (-2147483647..2147483647)

DellBoolean INTEGER (0..1 (FALSE = 0, TRUE = 1))

Variables with Data Types of State Capabilities and

State Capabilities Unique

Variables with denitions of <variable name>StateCapabilities or <variable name>StateCapabilitiesUnique are

integers representing a series of bit denitions. They are NOT enumerations and should be treated as bit elds. The value is passed as a

decimal value. The decimal value should be converted to hex and the appropriate bits should be parsed from hex. Some of the more

common bit combinations are dened in some variables, but not all combinations are or will be dened.

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