Reference Guide

Property Description
Version
A string describing the Operating System's version number.
The format of the version information is as follows: <Major
Number>.<Minor Number>.<Revision> or <Major
Number>.<Minor Number>.<Revision Letter>.
DCIM_SoftwareIdentity
Property Description
ClassificationDescriptions
An array of free-form strings providing more detailed explanations for
any of the entries in the Classifications array. Note that each entry is
related to one in the Classifications array located at the same index.
Classifications
An array of enumerated integers that classify this software. For
example, the software MAY be instrumentation (value=5) or firmware
and diagnostic software (10 and 7). The use of value 6, Firmware/BIOS,
is being deprecated. Instead, either the value 10 (Firmware) and/or 11
(BIOS/FCode) SHOULD be used. The value 13, Software Bundle,
identifies a software package consisting of multiple discrete software
instances that can be installed individually or together.
Each contained software instance is represented by an instance of
SoftwareIdentity that is associated to this instance of
SoftwareIdentityinstance via a Component association.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 1 = Other
• 2 = Driver
• 3 = Configuration Software
• 4 = Application Software
• 5 = Instrumentation
• 6 = Firmware/BIOS
• 7 = Diagnostic Software
• 8 = Operating System
• 9 = Middleware
• 10 = Firmware
• 11 = BIOS/FCode
• 12 = Support/Service Pack
• 13 = Software Bundle
• .. = DMTF Reserved
• 0x8000..0xFFFF = Vendor Reserved
ElementName
A user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each instance
to define a user-friendly name in addition to its key properties, identity
data, and description information.
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