Reference Guide

Profiles

Dell Command | Monitor uses industry standard profiles to represent the management data provided.

These profiles are implemented either as defined or in some cases have Dell-specific extensions.

The following is a list of profiles that are implemented in this version of Dell Command | Monitor:

Non-extended profiles:

• Base Metrics — The Base Metrics Profile is a component profile that defines the minimum object

model needed to provide dynamic metrics associated to existing managed element s and related

associations.

• Battery — The Battery Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding

the capability to represent batteries for manageability. The battery as a logical device is modeled as

referencing the battery physical package for physical asset information, the sensor for sensor-reading

information, and the profile registration for the schema implementation version information.

• BIOS Management — The BIOS Management Profile extends the management capabilities of

referencing profiles by adding the capability to represent and configure BIOS attributes, such as a

Network Controller or IDE Controller. The individual BIOS attribute’s relationship with a respective

device is also described.

• Boot Control — The Boot Control Profile describes the classes, associations, properties, and methods

used to manage the boot control configurations of a physical or virtual computer system.

• CPU — The CPU Profile extends the management capability of referencing profiles by adding the

capability to represent CPUs or processors in a managed system . CPU cache memory and

associations with CPU physical aspects, as well as profile implementation version information, are

modeled in this profile.

• Fan — The Fan Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by adding the

capability to represent fans for manageability and describe fans in a redundant configuration. The fan

as a logical device is modeled as referencing the fan physical package for physical asset information, a

sensor for sensor reading information.

• Indications — The Indications Profile defines the CIM elements that are used to subscribe for

indications of unsolicited events, to advertise the possible indications, and to represent indications

used to report events in a managed system.

• IP Interface — The IP Interface Profile extends the management capability of referencing profiles by

adding the capability to represent an IP interface of a managed system.

• OS Status — The OS Status Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by

adding the capability to perform basic management of operating systems installed on a system.

• PCI Device — The PCI Device Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by

adding the capability to represent PCI devices for manageability, including PCI, PCI-X, PCI Express,

bridge and switch devices.

• Physical Asset — The Physical Asset Profile extends the management capability of the referencing

profiles by adding the capability to describe the physical aspects of logical elements that the

implementation is instantiating.

• Power State Management — The Power State Management Profile describes the classes, associations,

properties, and methods used to manage the power of a computer system.

• Profile Registration — The Profile Registration extends the management capability of the referencing

profiles by adding the capability to describe the registration and versioning of CIM profiles that are

implemented by CIM based system and component management instrumentations.