HP 3PAR CIM API Programming Reference (OS 3.1.2 MU2) (QL226-97015, June 2013)

• The desired operation and its required parameters.
For information about CIM operations, please refer to CIM Operations over HTTP.
• The object or objects on which the operation is to be performed.
The payload of the client request is XML. For information about XML coding for CIM, refer to
Representation of CIM in XML.
CIM Namespaces
CIM namespaces are logical groupings of CIM classes and CIM instances that represent managed
objects in a particular environment. When making requests of a CIM Server, a client application
must include the namespace that contains those classes. The namespace is case insensitive.
Table 5 CIM Server Supported Namespaces
PurposeNamespace
This is the Interop Namespace as defined in SMI-S. The
Interop Namespace is used to find Registered Profiles and
other CIM classes related to the SMI-S Server Profile.
root/PG_Interop
The root/tpd namespace (ThreeParData) is used to uniquely
identify CIM Servers and provides management of all
classes related to managing the storage system.
root/tpd
14 Configuring and Using the CIM Server