Reference Guide

Property Description
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). Reboot refers to
doing a "Shut Down" and then moving to an "Enabled" state. Reset indicates
that the element is first "Disabled" and then "Enabled".
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".
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown
• 2 = Enabled
• 3 = Disabled
• 4 = Shut Down
• 5 = No Change
• 6 = Offline
• 7 = Test
• 8 = Deferred
• 9 = Quiesce
• 10 = Reboot
• 11 = Reset
• 12 = Not Applicable
• .. = DMTF Reserved
• 32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
SensorType
The Type of the Sensor, e.g. Voltage or Temperature Sensor. If the type is set to
"Other", then the OtherSensorType Description can be used to further identify the
type, or if the Sensor has numeric readings, then the type of the Sensor can be
implicitly determined by the Units. A description of the different Sensor types is
as follows: A Temperature Sensor measures the environmental temperature.
Voltage and Current Sensors measure electrical voltage and current readings. A
Tachometer measures speed/revolutions of a Device. For example, a Fan Device
can have an associated Tachometer which measures its speed. A Counter is a
general purpose Sensor that measures some numerical property of a Device. A
Counter value can be cleared, but it never decreases. A Switch Sensor has
states like Open/Close, On/Off, or Up/Down. A Lock has states of Locked/
Unlocked. Humidity, Smoke Detection and Air Flow Sensors measure the
equivalent environmental characteristics. A Presence Sensor detects the
presence of a PhysicalElement. A Power Consumption Sensor measures the
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