Reference Guide

• Software Inventory — The Software Inventory Profile describes the CIM schema elements required to provide

an inventory of installed BIOS, firmware, drivers, and related software in a managed system.

• Device Tray — The Device Tray Profile is a component profile for modeling a device tray of a modular system.

• Software Update — The Software Update Profile describes the classes, associations, properties, and methods

used to support the installation and update of BIOS, firmware, drivers and related software on a managed

element within a managed system.

• Base Desktop and Mobile — The Base Desktop and Mobile Profile is an autonomous profile that defines the

classes used to describe monolithic desktop or mobile computer hardware and related software. The scope of

this profile is limited to monolithic desktop or mobile computer hardware and related software that are directly

realized in physical components.

Extended profiles:

• Asset Profile

• Ethernet Port Profile

• Event Configuration

• Serial Port

• Service Processor Profile

• System Memory

• USB

• Docking Station

• Human Computer Interaction

• Display Controller

For more information on Profiles, refer to the website - dmtf.org/standards/profiles.