CIM Reference Guide

Introduction 13
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.
Common Properties of Classes
Many classes have properties such as Caption, Description, and
CreationClassName.
Ta b l e 1-1 defines properties that have the same meaning in
every class that has this property and are defined more than once in this guide.
Table 1-1. Common Properties of Classes
Property Description Data Type
Caption Describes the object using a short textual
description (one-line string).
string
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.
string
CSCreationClassName Indicates the computer system’s creation
class name.
string
CSName Indicates the computer system’s name. string
CurrentReading Indicates the actual current value indicated
by the sensor in amperes.
sint32
Description Provides a textual description of the object. string
LowerThresholdNonCritical If current reading is between lower threshold
noncritical and upper threshold noncritical,
the current state is normal. See Figure 3-2.
sint32