WBEM Profiles Guide

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Table 2 – ElementLocationTagDesc Values
7.1.4 ElementLocationTag (mandatory)
ElementLocationTag shall contain a value corresponding semantically to the descriptive enumeration
placed into ElementLocationTagDesc.
7.1.5 LocationInfoDesc (optional)
LocationInfoDesc shall contain a value defined in Table 3. LocationInfoDesc is defined to be of type
uint16 and includes values/valuemap qualifiers to enumerate the type of information being described in
LocationInformation’s corresponding array location. Table 3 defines the enumerations defined for
LocationInfoDesc and the intent or contents of the corresponding LocationInformation array location.
The combination of LocationInfoDesc and LocationInformation arrays is intended to give provider writers
the ability to report the full location path of the containment hierarchy for a particular managed element in
one instance of HP_Location (see use cases - section 9 ).
This property is optional because some provider sets build out instances of the hierarchy and wouldn’t
need to report the containment using this property pair.
The order of the values in the array is important because they imply containment. Each value/tag pair in
an array index is implied to be contained within the value/tag being described in the next higher index
array elements (see section 7.1.6).
LocationInfoDesc defined tag value Description of contents of
LocationInformation
Example of
LocationInformation
Contents
Slot This tag shall be used to describe the
Slot number that a managed element is
plugged into.
“2”
Mezzanine Slot This tag shall be used to describe the
mezzanine slot a managed element is
contained in.
“4”
Interconnect Bay This tag shall be used to describe the
interconnect bay a managed element is
contained in.
“2”
PCI Slot This tag shall be used to describe the
PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot a managed
element is contained in.
“1”
Socket This tag is used to identify a managed
element plugged into a socket. The
value represents the socket the
managed element is plugged into.
“2”
Memory Board This tag identifies the memory board
that the managed element is contained
within. For example, if the managed
element is a slot or connector it could
use this tag to identify that the slot is
contained on a memory board. If the
element is a memory module, this tag
“2”