Reference Guide

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation Reference Guide
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For example, shutting down (value=4) and starting (value=10) are transient states between enabled and disabled.
HealthState
Indicates the current health of the element. This attribute expresses the health of this element but not necessarily that of its subcomponents.
Possible values are:
0 - Unknown - The implementation cannot report on HealthState at this time.
5 - OK - The element is fully functional and is operating within normal operational parameters and without error.
10 - Degraded/Warning - The element is in working order and all functionality is provided. However, the element is not working to the best of its
abilities. For example, the element may not be operating at optimal performance or it may be reporting recoverable errors.
15 - Minor failure - All functionality is available but some may be degraded.
20 - Major failure - The element is failing. It is possible that some or all of the functionality of this component is degraded or not working.
25 - Critical failure - The element is non-functional and recovery may not be possible.
30 - Non-recoverable error - The element has completely failed, and recovery is not possible. All functionality provided by this element has been
lost.
.. - DMTF Reserved
DMTF has reserved the unused portion of the continuum for additional HealthStates in the future.
LowerThresholdCritical
The Sensor's threshold values specify the ranges (min and max values) for determining whether the Sensor is operating under Normal,
NonCritical, Critical, or Fatal conditions. If the CurrentReading is between LowerThresholdCritical and Lower ThresholdFatal, then the
CurrentState is Critical.
LowerThresholdFatal
The Sensor's threshold values specify the ranges (min and max values) for determining whether the Sensor is operating under Normal,
NonCritical, Critical, or Fatal conditions. If the CurrentReading is below LowerThresholdFatal, then the Current State is Fatal.
LowerThresholdNonCritical
The Sensor's threshold values specify the ranges (min and max values) for determining whether the Sensor is operating under Normal,
NonCritical, Critical, or Fatal conditions. If Current Reading is between LowerThresholdNonCritical and Upper ThresholdNonCritical, then the
Sensor is reporting a normal value. If CurrentReading is between LowerThresholdNonCritical and LowerThresholdCritical, then the CurrentState is
NonCritical.
OperationalStatus
Indicates the current statuses of the element. Various operational statuses are defined. Many of the enumeration's values are self-explanatory.
Possible values are:
0 - Unknown
1 - Other
2 - OK
3 - Degraded
4 - Stressed - Indicates that the element is functioning, but needs attention. Examples of "Stressed" states are overload, overheated, and so on.
5 - Predictive Failure - Indicates that an element is functioning nominally but predicting a failure in the near future.
6 - Error
7 - Non-Recoverable Error
8 - Starting
9 - Stopping
10 - Stopped - Implies a clean and orderly stop
11 - In Service - Describes an element being configured, maintained, cleaned, or otherwise administered.
12 - No Contact - Indicates that the monitoring system has knowledge of this element, but has never been able to establish communications
with it.
13 - Lost Communication - Iindicates that the ManagedSystem Element is known to exist and has been contacted successfully in the past, but is
currently unreachable.
14 - Aborted - Implies an abrupt stop where the state and configuration of the element may need to be updated.
15 - Dormant - Indicates that the element is inactive or quiesced.
16 - Supporting Entity in Error - Indicates that this element may be "OK" but that another element, on which it is dependent, is in error. An
example is a network service or endpoint that cannot function due to lower-layer networking problems.
17 - Completed - Indicates that the element has completed its operation. This value should be combined with either OK, Error, or Degraded so
that a client can tell if the complete operation Completed with OK (passed), Completed with Error (failed), or Completed with Degraded (the
operation finished, but it did not complete OK or did not report an error).
18 - Power Mode - Indicates that the element has additional power model information contained in the Associated PowerManagementService
association.
.. - DMTF Reserved
0x8000.. - Vendor Reserved
OperationalStatus replaces the Status property on ManagedSystemElement to provide a consistent approach to enumerations, to address
implementation needs for an array property, and to provide a migration path from today's environment to the future. This change was not made
earlier because it required the deprecated qualifier. Due to the widespread use of the existing Status property in management applications, it is
strongly recommended that providers or instrumentation provide both the Status and OperationalStatus properties. Further, the first value of
OperationalStatus should contain the primary status for the element. When instrumented, Status (because it is single-valued) should also provide
the primary status of the element.
PossibleStates
Enumerates the string outputs of the Sensor.
Example 1 - A "Switch" Sensor may output the states "On", or "Off". Another implementation of the Switch may output the states "Open", and
"Close".
Example 2 - is a NumericSensor supporting thresholds. This Sensor can report the states like "Normal", "Upper Fatal", "Lower Non-Critical", etc.
A NumericSensor that does not publish readings and thresholds, but stores this data internally, can still report its states.
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
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".