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Dell EMC OpenManage CIM Reference Guide Version 9.1

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CIM_WatchDog

CIM_WatchDog

The CIM_WatchDog class described in Table below represents a timer that is implemented in system hardware. The watchdog feature allows the hardware to monitor the state of the operating system, BIOS, or a software component installed on the system. If the monitored component fails to rearm the timer before its expiration, the hardware assumes that the system is in a critical state and could reset the system. This feature can also be used as an application watchdog timer for a mission-critical application. In this case, the application would assume responsibility for rearming the timer before expiration.

Table 1. CIM_WatchDog Properties . The following table describes the properties and data type of the CIM WatchDog class.

Class Name:

CIM_WatchDog
 

Parent Class: 

CIM_LogicalDevice
 

Property

Description

Data Type

MonitoredEntity

Indicates the entity that is currently being monitored by the watchdog feature. This property is used to identify the module that is responsible for rearming the watchdog at periodic intervals. Values for the MonitoredEntity property are:

1 - Unknown

2 - Other

3 - Operating System

uint16

MonitoredEntity Description

A string describing additional textual information about the monitored entity.

string

TimeoutInterval

Indicates the time-out interval used by the watchdog, in microseconds.

uint32

TimerResolution

Indicates the resolution of the watchdog timer. For example, if this value is 100, then the timer can expire anytime between –100 microseconds and +100 microseconds.

uint32

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