Reference Guide
Introduction
This reference guide documents the OpenManage Server Administrator Common Information Model (CIM) provider contained in the
Management Object File (MOF) dccim32.mof.
CIM provides a conceptual model for describing manageable objects in a systems management environment. CIM is a modeling tool rather
than a programming language. CIM provides the structure for organizing objects into a model of a managed environment. For modeling a
managed environment, CIM makes available a set of abstract and concrete classes of objects. These classes model the basic
characteristics of systems, networks, and applications, as well as groupings of management-related data.
For more information about CIM, see the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) website at dmtf.org and the Microsoft website at
microsoft.com.
NOTE: This document includes sections or data that is not applicable to the PowerEdge MX740x and PowerEdge MX840c.
Topics:
• Server Administrator
• Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties
• Common Properties of Classes
• Other Documents You May Need
• Typographical Conventions
Server Administrator
Server Administrator provides a suite of systems management information for keeping track of your networked systems. In addition to
providing systems management agents that are independent of the management console, Server Administrator supports these systems
management standards: CIM and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
In addition to supporting systems management industry standards, Server Administrator provides additional systems management
information about the specic components of your Dell system.
Documenting CIM Classes and Their Properties
The Dell CIM provider extends support to Dell-specic software and hardware components. The Dell MOF denes 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 dene 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
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