Administrator Guide

Contents
1 Introduction...........................................................................................................6
Server Administrator..............................................................................................................................6
What’s New in This Release.................................................................................................................. 6
Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties................................................................................. 6
Base Classes.....................................................................................................................................7
Parent Classes..................................................................................................................................8
Classes That Describe Relationships.............................................................................................. 8
Dell-Defined Classes....................................................................................................................... 8
Common Properties of Classes............................................................................................................8
Other Documents You May Need.......................................................................................................11
Typographical Conventions................................................................................................................ 11
2 CIM_Physical Element....................................................................................... 12
CIM_PhysicalElement..........................................................................................................................12
CIM_PhysicalPackage..........................................................................................................................13
CIM_PhysicalFrame.............................................................................................................................14
CIM_Chassis.........................................................................................................................................15
DELL_Chassis.......................................................................................................................................16
CIM_PhysicalComponent................................................................................................................... 18
CIM_Chip.............................................................................................................................................18
CIM_PhysicalMemory.........................................................................................................................20
CIM_PhysicalConnector.....................................................................................................................22
CIM_Slot..............................................................................................................................................24
3 CIM_LogicalElement..........................................................................................27
CIM_LogicalElement...........................................................................................................................28
CIM_System........................................................................................................................................ 28
CIM_ComputerSystem....................................................................................................................... 29
DELL_System.......................................................................................................................................29
CIM_LogicalDevice.............................................................................................................................30
CIM_FRU.............................................................................................................................................. 31
CIM_Sensor......................................................................................................................................... 32
CIM_DiscreteSensor............................................................................................................................33
CIM_NumericSensor...........................................................................................................................34
CIM_TemperatureSensor....................................................................................................................37
CIM_CurrentSensor............................................................................................................................ 38
CIM_VoltageSensor............................................................................................................................ 38
CIM_Tachometer................................................................................................................................39