CIM Reference Guide

Introduction 11
Parent Classes
Most classes in the dccim32 provider document both a Class Name and a
Parent Class property. The parent class is the class from which any given class
inherits its core properties. For example, the CIM_Controller class has the
CIM_LogicalDevice class as its parent, and has various types of controllers
(CIM_ParallelController, CIM_SerialController) as its children.
Classes That Describe Relationships
Classes that derive from CIM_Dependency have CIM_Dependency as their
parent class, but they are documented in terms of antecedent and dependent
elements in a relationship rather than in terms of common properties.
Consider the following relationship between two
CIM_ManagedSystemElements:
The CIM_PackageCurrentSensor monitors an entire physical package, such
as all the components contained in a given system chassis. The
CIM_PhysicalPackage is dependent on the CIM_PackageCurrentSensor for
this monitoring function.
Dell-Defined Classes
Server Administrator has extended some CIM classes and has created new
classes to assist in managing systems and their components. In the diagrams
that appear in the documentation for each class, those classes created and
populated by Dell are designated by the gold (lighter gray) triangle icon.
Antecedent CIM_PackageCurrentSensor
Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage
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