Reference Guide

• 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
les, 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-dened classes are not dened in the ocial schema by the DMTF, the industry group that denes 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.
Introduction
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