CIM Reference Guide

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Glossary
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and
acronyms used in user documents.
asset tag code
An individual code assigned to a computer, usually by a system administrator, for
security or tracking purposes.
attribute
An attribute, or property, contains a specific piece of information about a
manageable component. For example, a component can have attributes for
settings, capabilities, and status.
CIM
Acronym for Common Information Model, which is a model for describing
management information from the DMTF. CIM is implementation independent,
allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a
variety of sources. CIM includes schemas for systems, networks, applications, and
devices. It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIB
data from SNMP agents.
CIMOM
Acronym for common information model object manager.
CI/O
Acronym for comprehensive input/output.
class
For the purposes of the Dell™ CIM provider, a class is a set of managed system
elements that can be monitored and managed using a systems management
console capable of receiving CIM information. Managed system elements can
have various levels of complexity, from rack systems containing multiple servers
and storage systems, to individual fans, power supplies, processors, and chips.
Physical objects that contain systems can be associated with the
CIM_PhysicalPackage class. Managed objects of intermediate complexity can be
represented by such classes as CIM_SoftwareElement or
CIM_PowerSupplyRedundancy. Simple managed system elements can be
represented by classes such as CIM_Processor.
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