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Persistent Storage Profile
1 Scope
The Persistent Storage Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the
capability to represent and manage the partitions on the Virtual flash media on Dell platforms. The
information in this specification is intended to be sufficient to manage the Persistent Storage feature using
the DMTF CIM Schema and Dell extensions to the CIM schema.
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
DMTF DSP1033, Profile Registration Profile 1.0.0
DMTF DSP1061, Management Profile 1.0.0
DMTF DSP0200, CIM Operations over HTTP 1.2.0
DMTF DSP0004, CIM Infrastructure Specification 2.3.0
DMTF DSP1000, Management Profile Specification Template
DMTF DSP1001, Management Profile Specification Usage Guide
DMTF DSP0226, Web Services for Management (WS-Management) Specification 1.1.0
DMTF DSP0227, WS-Management CIM Binding Specification 1.0.0
Dell Lifecycle Controller Best Practices Guide 1.0,
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20066173.aspx
Dell WSMAN Licenses and Privileges 1.0
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards,
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=4230456&objAction=browse&sort=subtype
Unified Modeling Language (UML) from the Open Management Group (OMG),
http://www.uml.org
Dell Tech Center MOF Library,
• DCIM_PersistentStorageService.mof
http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library.MOF
• DCIM_VFlashView
• DCIM_OpaqueManagementData
• DCIM_LCElementConformsToProfile
• DCIM_LCRegisteredProfile
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.