CIM Reference Guide

Glossary 141
MCA
Acronym for Micro Channel Architecture.
MIB
Acronym for management information base. A MIB is used to send detailed
status/commands from or to an SNMP managed device.
MOF
Acronym for managed object format, which is an ASCII file that contains the formal
definition of a CIM schema.
NIC
Acronym for network interface controller.
PCI
Acronym for Peripheral Component Interconnect.
PCMCIA
Acronym for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.
property
A property is a capability or characteristic of a CIM class. The temperature probe
class, for example, has a property that describes its thresholds for normal, lower
critical, and upper critical ranges of operation. Defining where normal operation
ends and where critical temperatures begin determines when warnings should be
sent to the systems manager for corrective action.
Every property has a Description and a Data Type . The Description provides a brief
explanation of what a particular managed object does. The Data Type specifies the
form that the values of a property must take. For example, some values are bit fields
and others are integers or strings.
provider
A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed
objects. The provider accesses data and generates event notifications from a
variety of sources. The Dell CIM provider extends the standard CIM schema to
make it easier to manage
systems.