CIM Reference Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties
. . . . . 9
Base Classes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Parent Classes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Classes That Describe Relationships
. . . . . . . 11
Dell-Defined Classes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Typographical Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Common Properties of Classes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 CIM_PhysicalElement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CIM_PhysicalElement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CIM_PhysicalPackage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CIM_PhysicalFrame
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
CIM_Chassis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DELL_Chassis
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CIM_PhysicalComponent
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CIM_Chip
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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