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10 Version 1.2.3
5 Synopsis 274
Profile Name: Simple NIC 275
Version: 1.2.0 276
Organization: Dell Inc. 277
CIM Schema Version: 2.26 Experimental 278
Central Class: DCIM_NICService 279
Scoping Class: CIM_ComputerSystem 280
The Simple NIC Profile extends the management capability of the referencing profiles by adding the 281
capability to describe NIC controllers in a simple way. In this profile, a NIC is represented by a view 282
instance that aggregates zero or more instances of the DCIM_NICAttribute class, each representing a 283
NIC controller related configurable property. 284
DCIM_NICService shall be the Central Class. 285
CIM_ComputerSystem shall be the Scoping Class. 286
Instance of DCIM_NICService shall be the Central Instance. 287
Instance of CIM_ComputerSystem shall be the Scoping Instance. 288
Table 1 identifies profiles that are related to this profile. 289
Table 1 – Related Profiles 290
Profile Name Organization Version Relationship
Profile Registration DCIM 1.0 Reference
LC Management Profile DCIM 1.5 Reference
6 Description 291
The Simple NIC Profile describes NIC controller’s representation and configuration. The profile also 292
describes the relationship of the Simple NIC classes to the DMTF/Dell profile version information. 293
Figure 1 represents the class schema for the Simple NIC Profile. For simplicity, the prefix CIM_ has been 294
removed from the names of the classes. 295
The DCIM_NICView class is a NIC controller’s representation that contains controllers’ properties. 296
The DCIM_NICAttribute class derives from the CIM_BIOSAttribute class and represents each NIC’s 297
configurable attribute.Depending on the data type of the attribute, DCIM_NICAttribute is either 298
instantiated as DCIM_NICEnumeration, DCIM_NICString, or DCIM_NICInteger instance. 299
DCIM_NICView instance represents the NIC/CNA properties. 300
The DCIM_NICService class is used to configure the NIC through its attributes. The SetAttribute() and 301
SetAttributes() methods on the DCIM_NICService class configure NIC attributes, DCIM_NICAttribute 302
subclass instances. 303
The Simple NIC profile information is represented with the instance of CIM_RegisteredProfile. 304