Reference Guide
Property Description
high in the object hierarchy to independently identify the hardware or entity,
regardless of physical placement in or on Cabinets, Adapters, and so on. For
example, a hotswappable or removable component can be taken from its
containing (scoping) Package and be temporarily unused. The object still
continues to exist and can even be inserted into a different scoping
container. Therefore, the key for Physical Element is an arbitrary string and
is defined independently of any placement or location-oriented hierarchy.
DCIM_PhysicalPackage
Property Description
CreationClassName
Indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance.
When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all
instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.
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.
NOTE: The Name property of ManagedSystemElement is also defined as a user-
friendly name. But, it is often subclassed to be a Key. It is not reasonable that the
same property can convey both identity and a user-friendly name, without
inconsistencies. Where Name exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of
LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in both the Name and
ElementName properties.
ManufactureDate
The date that this PhysicalElement was manufactured.
Manufacturer
The name of the organization responsible for producing the PhysicalElement. This
organization may be the entity from whom the Element is purchased, but this is not
necessarily true. The latter information is contained in the Vendor property of
CIM_Product.
Model
The name by which the PhysicalElement is generally known.
Name
The Name property defines the label by which the object is known. When subclassed,
the Name property can be overridden to be a Key property.
OtherPackageType
A string describing the package when the instance's PackageType property is 1
("Other").
PackageType
Enumeration defining the type of the PhysicalPackage.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown - Indicates that the package type is not known.
• 1 = Other - The package type does not correspond to an existing enumerated
value. The value is specified using the OtherPackageType property.
• 2 = Rack
• 3 = Chassis/Frame
• 4 = Cross Connect/Backplane
• 5 = Container/Frame Slot
• 6 = Power Supply
• 7 = Fan
• 8 = Sensor
• 9 = Module/Card
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