Users Guide

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5 Manageability
Information about manageability includes:
 CIM
 “Host Bus Adapter API” on page 24
CIM
The common information model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Microsoft implements CIM on
Windows Server platforms. Marvell supports CIM on Windows Server and Linux
platforms.
The Marvell implementation of CIM provides various classes to provide
information to users through CIM client applications. Note that the Marvell CIM
data provider provides data only, and users can choose their preferred CIM client
software to browse the information exposed by the Marvell CIM provider.
The Marvell CIM provider provides information through the following classes:
 The QLGC_NetworkAdapter class provides network adapter information
pertaining to a group of adapters including Marvell and other vendors’
controllers.
 The QLGC_ExtraCapacityGroup class provides team configuration for
QLASP. Current implementation provides team information and information
of physical network adapters in the team.
QLASP provides events through event logs. To inspect or monitor these events,
use either the Event Viewer provided by Windows Server platforms or the CIM.
The Marvell CIM provider also provides event information through the CIM generic
event model. These events are __InstanceCreationEvent,
__InstanceDeletionEvent, and __InstanceModificationEvent, and
are defined by CIM. CIM requires the client application to register the events from
the client application, using queries as the following examples to receive events
properly:
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA “QLGC_NetworkAdapter”
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent