Reference Guide

10 Introduction
What’s New in this Release
These are the additions to this guide:
• Added the new SD Device class
• Added new processor families enumeration values
• Added new memory device type enumeration values
• Added new MOF class DELL_PowerProfileData
• Added new attributes to the class DELL_PowerConsumptionData
Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties
The Dell CIM provider extends support to Dell-specific software and
hardware components. The
Dell MOF defines the classes for the Dell CIM
provider. All of the supported classes and properties in the MOF are
documented in this guide.
The following subsections define some of the basic building blocks of
CIM
classes that are used in describing the dccim32 provider name.
These
subsections also explain how the elements used in describing
these
classes are organized. This section does not document the entire
CIM
schema, but only those classes and properties supported by the
dccim32
provider. The list of properties for each supported class varies greatly.
The property values being presented could be NULL or empty string on some
systems, although in general, some non-empty values can be expected. Key
properties (listed below) will always carry non-empty values. It is
recommended that you use only the following properties as key attributes:
• CIM_PhysicalElement : CreationClassName, Tag
• CIM_System : CreationClassName, Name
• CIM_LogicalDevice : SystemCreationClassName, SystemName,
CreationClassName, DeviceID
• CIM_Dependency : Antecedent, Dependent
• CIM_SoftwareElement : Name, Version, SoftwareElementState,
SoftwareElementID, TargetOperatingSystem
• CIM_SoftwareFeature : IdentifyingNumber, ProductName, Vendor,
Version, Name