HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard developed by the Distributed Management
Task Force (DMTF). CIM describes application data so that administrators can view data from different
platforms and vendors in the same way. CIM is not a database.
This appendix describes the database views of elements in Fabric Manager so that they can be accessed
by a CIM model. Each table in this appendix lists the following:
• Column: View column name.
• Type: Value type, for example, string, int, long, and so on.
• Qualifier: A modifier that describes the class.
• Description: A brief description of the column.
• Database equivalent: How to access the element in the Fabric Manager database, represented by one
of the following:
• Database table and column, for example, fabric.dbid.
• SQL query, for example, select switches.wwn from switches, switch_detail,
fabric where...
• Fixed value, for example, WWN.
• Example: An example of a return value.
SAN
A SAN is represented in CIM by AdminDomain.
Fabrics in a SAN are represented in CIM by the ContainedDomain relationship and are not modeled in
Fabric Manager. Fabric Manager has only one SAN and all fabrics are added to that SAN.
Fabric
A fabric is represented in CIM by AdminDomain. Use the CIM_AdminDomain view to access the fabric
table (see Table 25).
Switch
A switch is represented in CIM by ComputerSystem. A switches table and switch_detail table exist in the
Fabric Manager database. To access this data, use the CIM_ComputerSystem view (see Table 26).
Table 25 CIM_AdminDomain view
Column Type Qualifier Description Database equivalent Example
Dbid Int Key Database key,
used for joins
to replace
traversal of
associations.
fabric.dbid 1
Name String 16 WWN of
principal
switch. Not
durable.
Select switches.wwn from switches,
switch_detail, fabric where
switches.fabric_id=fabric.
dbid and switches.dbid=switch_
detail.switch_id and
switch_detail.switch_role=
'Principal
'1000006069
1078F2
NameFormat String 3 Format. It is
always
WWN.
None. Fixed string 'WWN 'WWN