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Classes That Describe Relationships

Classes that derive from CIM_Dependency have CIM_Dependency as their parent class, but they are documented in

terms of

antecedent

and

dependent

elements in a relationship rather than in terms of common properties. Consider the

following relationship between two CIM_ManagedSystemElements:

Antecedent CIM_PackageCurrentSensor

Dependent CIM_PhysicalPackage

The CIM_PackageCurrentSensor class monitors an entire physical package, such as all the components contained in a

given system chassis. The CIM_PhysicalPackage class is dependent on the CIM_PackageCurrentSensor class 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 this document, the illustrations of the classes created and populated by Dell are represented by an

orange circle icon.

Common Properties of Classes

Many classes have properties such as

Caption

Description

, and

CreationClassName

. Common Properties of Classes

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. 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