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5 Manageability
Information about manageability includes:
 CIM
 “Host Bus Adapter API” on page 24
CIM
The common information model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Microsoft implements CIM on
Windows Server platforms. QLogic supports CIM on Windows Server and Linux
platforms.
The QLogic implementation of CIM provides various classes to provide
information to users through CIM client applications. Note that the QLogic CIM
data provider provides data only, and users can choose their preferred CIM client
software to browse the information exposed by the QLogic CIM provider.
The QLogic CIM provider provides information through the following classes:
 The QLGC_NetworkAdapter class provides network adapter information
pertaining to a group of adapters including QLogic and other vendors’
controllers.
 The QLGC_ExtraCapacityGroup class provides team configuration for
QLASP. Current implementation provides team information and information
of physical network adapters in the team.
NOTE
For information on installing a CIM provider on Linux-based systems, see
Chapter 13 Linux QCS Installation.