# Class CIM_DeviceIdentity
extends CIM_LogicalIdentity

CIM_DeviceIdentity indicates that two LogicalDevices represent different aspects of the same underlying entity. This association refines the CIM_LogicalIdentity superclass by restricting it to the Device level and defining its use in well understood scenarios. One of these scenarios is to represent that a Device is both a 'bus' entity and a 'functional' entity. For example, a Device could be both a PCI Device (or a USB Device), as well as a CIM_Keyboard. The other scenario is where a Device plays multiple functional roles that can not be distinguished by their hardware realization alone. For example, a Fibre Channel adapter might have aspects of both a NetworkAdapter and a SCSIController.

### Table of Contents
Hierarchy
Direct Known Subclasses
Class Qualifiers
Class Properties
Class Methods

## Class Hierarchy

CIM_LogicalIdentity
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+--CIM_DeviceIdentity

## Direct Known Subclasses

## Class Qualifiers

Name | Data Type | Value
--- | --- | ---
Association | boolean | true
Description | string | CIM_DeviceIdentity indicates that two LogicalDevices represent different aspects of the same underlying entity. This association refines the CIM_LogicalIdentity superclass by restricting it to the Device level and defining its use in well understood scenarios. One of these scenarios is to represent that a Device is both a 'bus' entity and a 'functional' entity. For example, a Device could be both a PCI Device (or a USB Device), as well as a CIM_Keyboard. The other scenario is where a Device plays multiple functional roles that can not be distinguished by their hardware realization alone. For example, a Fibre Channel adapter might have aspects of both a NetworkAdapter and a SCSIController.
UMLPackagePath | string | CIM::Device::DeviceElements
Version | string | 2.6.0

## Class Properties

### Association References

Name | Class Origin | Reference Class | Qualifiers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Data Type | Value
SameElement | CIM_DeviceIdentity | CIM_LogicalDevice
Description | string | SameElement represents an alternate aspect of the System entity.
Key | boolean | true
Override | string | SameElement
SystemElement | CIM_DeviceIdentity | CIM_LogicalDevice
Description | string | SystemElement represents one aspect of the Device.
Key | boolean | true
Override | string | SystemElement

## Class Methods