Reference Guide

Property Description
instances, the "preferred" algorithm must be used with the <OrgID>set
to CIM.
IsEntity
The IsEntity property is used to indicate whether the SoftwareIdentity
corresponds to a discrete copy of the software component or is being
used to convey descriptive and identifying information about software
that is not present in the management domain.A value of TRUE
indicates that the SoftwareIdentity instance corresponds to a discrete
copy of the software component. A value of FALSE indicates that the
SoftwareIdentity instance does not correspond to a discrete copy of
the Software.
Manufacturer
Manufacturer of this software.
ReleaseDate
The date the software was released.
RevisionNumber
The revision or maintenance release component of the software's
version information - for example, '3' from version 12.1(3)T. This
property is defined as a numeric value to allow the determination of
'newer' vs. 'older' releases. A 'newer' revision is indicated by a larger
numeric value.
TargetTypes
An array of strings that describes the compatible installer(s). The
purpose of the array elements is to establish compatibility between a
SoftwareIdentity and a SoftwareInstallationService that can install the
SoftwareIdentity by comparing the values of the array elements of this
property to the values of
SoftwareInstallationServiceCapabilities.SupportedTargetTypes[]
property's array elements.
VersionString
A string representing the complete software version information - for
example, '12.1(3)T'. This string and the numeric major/minor/revision/
build properties are complementary. Since vastly different
representations and semantics exist for versions, it is not assumed that
one representation is sufficient to permit a client to perform
computations (i.e., the values are numeric) and a user to recognize the
software's version (i.e., the values are understandable and readable).
Hence, both numeric and string representations of version are
provided.
DCIM_BIOSElement
Property Description
Manufacturer
The name used to identify this SoftwareElement. Manufacturer of this
SoftwareElement.
Name
The name used to identify this SoftwareElement.
ReleaseDate
Date that this BIOS was released.
SoftwareElementID
This is an identifier for the SoftwareElement and is designed to be used in conjunction
with other keys to create a unique representation of the element.
SoftwareElementState
The SoftwareElementState is defined in this model to identify various states of a
SoftwareElement's life cycle.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Deployable - Describes the details necessary to successfully distribute it
and the details (Checks and Actions) required to move it to the installable state
(i.e, the next state).
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