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Power Supply Profile
CIM_PowerSupply instance supplies power to the managed system that is scoped through the
CIM_SystemDevice association.
The power supply’s physical aspects can be represented by one or more instances of
CIM_PhysicalPackage.
The profile information is represented with the instance of CIM_RegisteredProfile.
ComputerSystem
(See Referencing Profile)
PowerSupply
MemberOfCollection
RedundancySet
PhysicalPackage
(See Physical Asset Profile)
RegisteredProfile
(See Profile Registration Profile)
ElementConformsToProfile
(See Profile Registration Profile)
1..*
0..1
1
*
1..*
SystemDevice
IsSpare
1..*
0..1
ManagedSystemElement
(See Referencing Profile)
*
EnabledLogicalElementCapabilities
ElementCapabilites
0..1
1..*
0..1
1..*
*
Sensor
(See Sensors Profile)
BaseMetricDefinition
(See Metrics Profile)
BaseMetricValue
(See Metrics Profile)
Associated Sensor
(See Sensors Profile)
MetricForME
(See Metrics Profile)
MetricDefForME
(See Metrics Profile)
1
*
1
1
*
Realizes
(See Physical Asset Profile)
SuppliesPower
*
*
Figure 1 – Power Supply Profile: Class Diagram
6.1 Power Supply Redundancy
The redundancy of power supplies in a managed system is represented through an instance of
CIM_RedundancySet. Each of the instances of CIM_PowerSupply that corresponds to a redundant power
supply is associated to the instance of CIM_RedundancySet through an instance of
CIM_MemberOfCollection. The Spare Power Supplies within the redundancy are also associated with the
CIM_RedundancySet instance through an instance of CIM_IsSpare.
6.2 Power Measurements
The instrumentation can expose various power measurements within a managed system. Real-time
power consumption by managed elements and real-time power production by power supplies are
represented through instances of CIM_Sensor from Sensors Profile. Various metrics on power
consumption and production, such as high/low watermarks or historical averages are represented by
instance of CIM_BaseMetricDefinition and CIM_BaseMetricValue from the Base Metrics Profile.
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