Reference Guide

• CIM_SoftwareElement: Name, Version, SoftwareElementState, SoftwareElementID, TargetOperatingSystem
• CIM_SoftwareFeature: IdentifyingNumber, ProductName, Vendor, Version, Name
• CIM_IRQ: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, IRQNumber
• CIM_MemoryMappedIO: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, StartingAddress
• CIM_DMA: CSCreationClassName, CSName, CreationClassName, DMAChannel
• CIM_RedundancyGroup: CreationClassName, Name
• DELL_EsmLog: RecordNumber
• DELL_PostLog: RecordNumber
• DELL_BIOSExtensions: systemBIOSCharacteristics
• DELL_BIOSSettings: DisplayName
• CIM_ServiceAccessPoint: SystemCreationClassName, SystemName, CreationClassName, Name
Base Classes
The classes listed in the Server Administrator CIM provider class hierarchy do not have a parent property. These base
classes do not derive from another class. The base classes are:
• CIM_ManagedSystemElement
• CIM_Dependency
• DELL_EsmLog
• DELL_PostLog
• DELL_CMApplication
• DELL_CMDevice
• DELL_CMDeviceApplications
• DELL_CMInventory
• DELL_CMOS
• DELL_CMProductInfo
The CIM_ManagedSystemElement class is the base class for the system element hierarchy from which all other CIM
classes are derived. As a result, CIM_ManagedSystemElement has no parent. Examples of managed system elements
include software components such as files, devices such as hard drives and controllers, and physical subcomponents of
devices such as chip sets and cards. For the CIM_ManagedSystemElement properties, see Caption,
CreationClassName, Description, Name, and Status in Common Properties of Classes
The Dell-defined classes are not defined in the official schema by the DMTF, the industry group that defines the
standards for CIM, and hence do not have parent classes. CIM_Dependency does not have a parent class because it is
a relationship or association between two managed system elements.
Parent Classes
Most classes in the dccim32 provider document both a Class Name and a Parent Class property. The parent class is the
class from which any given class inherits its core properties. For example, the CIM_Controller class has the
CIM_LogicalDevice class as its parent, and has various types of controllers (CIM_ParallelController,
CIM_SerialController) as its children.
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