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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 8.5 CIM Reference Guide

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Common Properties of Classes

Many classes have properties such as Caption, Description, and CreationClassName. Common Properties of Classes defines properties that have the same meaning in every class that has this property and are defined more than once in this guide.

Table 1. Common Properties of Classes . The following table describes the properties that have the same meaning in every class and the data type.

Property

Description

Data Type

Caption

Describes the object using a short textual description (one‑line string).

string

CreationClassName

Indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.

string

CSCreationClassName

Indicates the computer system’s creation class name.

string

CSName

Indicates the computer system’s name.

string

CurrentReading

Indicates the actual current value indicated by the sensor in amperes.

sint32

Description

Provides a textual description of the object.

string

LowerThresholdNonCritical

If current reading is between lower threshold noncritical and upper threshold noncritical, the current state is normal. See Figure 3‑2.

sint32

LowerThresholdCritical

If the current reading is between upper threshold critical and upper threshold fatal, the current state is critical. See Figure 3‑2.

sint32

IsLinear

Indicates that the sensor is linear over its dynamic range.

Boolean

Manufacturer

Provides the name of the organization responsible for producing the CIM_PhysicalElement or CIM_SoftwareElement. This may be the entity from whom the element is purchased, but not necessarily. Purchase information is contained in the vendor property of CIM_Product.

string

Name

Defines the label by which the object is known. When subclassed, the Name property can be overridden to be a Key property.

string

Status

Provides a string indicating the status of the component. Status values include:

Operational Status Values:

  • OK indicates that the object is functioning normally.
  • Degraded means that the item is functioning, but not optimally.
  • Stressed indicates that the element is functioning, but needs attention. Examples of Stressed states are overloaded, overheated, and so on.

Nonoperational Status Values:

  • Non-recover means that a nonrecoverable error has occurred.
  • Error means that an element has encountered an operational condition that is severe as compared to its normal mode of operation.

string

SystemCreationClassName

Indicates the system’s creation class name.

string

UnitModifier

Provides the unit multiplier for the values returned by this sensor. All the values returned by this sensor are represented in units of 10 raised to the power of the unit modifier. If the unit modifier is –6, then the units of the values returned are microvolts. The units apply to all numeric properties of the sensor, unless explicitly overridden by the units’ qualifier.

sint32

UpperThresholdCritical

If the current reading is between upper threshold critical and upper threshold fatal, the current status is critical. See Figure 3‑2.

sint32

UpperThresholdNonCritical

If the current reading is between lower threshold noncritical and lower threshold critical, the current status is noncritical. See Figure 3‑2.

sint32

Version

Version should be in the form <major>.<minor>.<revision> or <major>.<minor><letter><revision>; for example, 1.2.3 or 1.2a3.

string


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