Reference 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) 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
• 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
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