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Power Supply Profile
Version 1.0.0a 11
3.13
Spare Power Supply
indicates an instance of CIM_PowerSupply that represents a spare power supply in any condition
4 Symbols and Abbreviated Terms
4.1
CIM
Common Information Model
5 Synopsis
Profile Name: Power Supply Profile
Version: 1.0.0
Organization: Dell
CIM Schema Version: 2.15.0
Central Class: CIM_PowerSupply
Scoping Class: CIM_ComputerSystem
The Power Supply Profile extends the management capability of the referencing profiles by adding the
capability to describe power supplies and redundant power supplies.
Table 1 identifies profiles that are related to this profile.
Table 1 – Related Profiles
Profile Name Organization Version Relationship
Power Supply Profile
DMTF 1.0 Specializes
Physical Asset Profile DMTF 1.0 Optional
Sensors Profile
DMTF 1.0 Optional
Base Metrics Profile
DMTF 1.0 Optional
Profile Registration Profile DMTF 1.0 Mandatory
6 Description
The Power Supply Profile describes power supplies and power supply redundancies in a managed
system. The profile also describes the relationship of the power supply class to the power supply’s
physical aspects, such as FRU data, and DMTF profile version information.
Figure 1 represents the class schema for the Power Supply Profile. For simplicity, the prefix CIM_ has
been removed from the names of the classes.
The power supply in a managed system is represented by the instance of CIM_PowerSupply. The
capability to disable and enable the power supply is advertised through the
CIM_EnabledLogicalElementCapabilities instance.
The managed elements that receive power from the power supply are associated to the instance of
CIM_PowerSupply through an instance of CIM_SuppliesPower. When the CIM_PowerSupply instance is
not referenced by the CIM_SuppliesPower association, the power supply represented by the