Reference Guide

Table 31. NumericSensor (continued)
Property Description Supported
Operating
System(s)
RateUnits
Specifies if the units returned by this Sensor are rate units. All the values returned
by this Sensor are represented in the units obtained by (BaseUnits * 10 raised to
the power of the UnitModifier). This is true unless this property (RateUnits) has a
value different than None. For example, if BaseUnits is Volts and the UnitModifier
is -6, then the units of the values returned are MicroVolts. But, if the RateUnits
property is set to a value other than None, then the units are further qualified as
rate units. In the above example, if RateUnits is set to Per Second, then the values
returned by the Sensor are in MicroVolts/Second. The units apply to all numeric
properties of the Sensor, unless explicitly overridden by the Units qualifier. Any
implementation of CurrentReading should be qualified with either a Counter or a
Gauge qualifier, depending on the characteristics of the sensor being modeled.
Possible values are:
● 0 = None
● 1 = Per MicroSecond
● 2 = Per MilliSecond
● 3 = Per Second
● 4 = Per Minute
● 5 = Per Hour
● 6 = Per Day
● 7 = Per Week
● 8 = Per Month
● 9 = Per Year
Windows, Linux
RequestedState
An integer enumeration that indicates the last requested or desired state for the
element, irrespective of the mechanism through which it was requested. The actual
state of the element is represented by EnabledState. This property is provided to
compare the last requested and current enabled or disabled states. Note that when
EnabledState is set to 5 (Not Applicable), then this property has no meaning.
Refer to the EnabledState property description for explanations of the values in the
RequestedState enumeration.
NOTE: The value No Change (5) has been deprecated instead of indicating
the last requested state is Unknown (0). If the last requested or desired state
is unknown, RequestedState should have the value Unknown (0), but may
have the value No Change (5). Offline (6) indicates that the element has
been requested to transition to the Enabled but Offline EnabledState.
There are two new values in RequestedState that build on the statuses of
EnabledState. These are Reboot (10) and Reset (11).
Shut Down requests an orderly transition to the Disabled state, and may involve
removing power, to completely erase any existing state. The Disabled state
requests an immediate disabling of the element, such that it will not execute or
accept any commands or processing requests.
This property is set as the result of a method invocation (such as Start or
StopService on CIM_Service), or can be overridden and defined as WRITEable in a
subclass. The method approach is considered superior to a WRITEable property,
because it allows an explicit invocation of the operation and the return of a result
code.
If knowledge of the last RequestedState is not supported for the
EnabledLogicalElement, the property is NULL or has the value 12 Not Applicable.
Possible values are:
● 0 = Unknown — Indicates the last requested state for the element is unknown.
● 2 = Enabled
● 3 = Disabled
Windows, Linux
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