CIM_ComputerSystem class

A class derived from CIM_System that is a special collection of CIM_ManagedSystemElement instances. This collection provides compute capabilities and serves as aggregation point to associate one or more of the following elements: file system, operating system, processor and memory (volatile and/or non-volatile storage).

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties.

Syntax

[Abstract, AMENDMENT]
class CIM_ComputerSystem : CIM_System
{
  string   Caption;
  string   Description;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string   Status;
  string   CreationClassName;
  string   Name;
  string   PrimaryOwnerContact;
  string   PrimaryOwnerName;
  string   Roles[];
  string   NameFormat;
};

Members

The CIM_ComputerSystem class has these types of members:

• Properties

Properties

The CIM_ComputerSystem class has these properties.

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)

The Caption property is a short textual description (one-line string) of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

CreationClassName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: CIM_Key, MaxLen (256)

The CreationClassName property 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.

This property is inherited from CIM_System.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The Description property provides a textual description of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

InstallDate

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.5")

The InstallDate property is a datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Override ("Name"), Key, MaxLen (256)

The inherited Name property serves as key of a CIM_System instance in an enterprise environment.

This property is inherited from CIM_System.

NameFormat

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Override ("NameFormat")

The CIM_ComputerSystem object and its derivatives are Top Level Objects of CIM. They provide the scope for numerous components. Having unique CIM_System keys is required. A heuristic is defined to create the CIM_ComputerSystem name to attempt to always generate the same name, independent of discovery protocol. This prevents inventory and management problems where the same asset or entity is discovered multiple times, but can not be resolved to a single object. Use of the heuristic is optional, but recommended.

The NameFormat property identifies how the computer system name is generated, using a heuristic. The heuristic is outlined, in detail, in the CIM V2 Common Model specification. It assumes that the documented rules are traversed in order, to determine and assign a name. The NameFormat values list defines the precedence order for assigning the computer system name. Several rules do map to the same Value.

Note that the CIM_ComputerSystem Name calculated using the heuristic is the system's key value. Other names can be assigned and used for the CIM_ComputerSystem, that better suit the business, using Aliases.

("Other")

("IP")

("Dial")

("HID")

("NWA")

("HWA")

("X25")

("ISDN")

("IPX")

("DCC")

("ICD")

("E.164")

("SNA")

("OID/OSI")

Requirements

See also

CIM_System