# Class CIM_SoftwareElement
extends CIM_LogicalElement

The CIM_SoftwareElement class is used to decompose a CIM_SoftwareFeature object into a set of individually manageable or deployable parts, for a particular platform. A SoftwareElement's platform is uniquely identified by its underlying hardware architecture and operating system (for example Sun Solaris on Sun Sparc or Windows NT on Intel platforms). As such, to understand the details of how the functionality of a particular SoftwareFeature is provided on a particular platform, the CIM_SoftwareElement objects referenced by CIM_SoftwareFeatureSoftwareElements associations are organized in disjoint sets based on the TargetOperatingSystem property. A CIM_SoftwareElement object captures the management details of a part or component in one of four states characterized by the SoftwareElementState property.

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

## Class Hierarchy

CIM_ManagedElement
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+--CIM_ManagedSystemElement
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+--CIM_LogicalElement
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+--CIM_SoftwareElement

## Direct Known Subclasses

CIM_BIOSElement
CIM_VideoBIOSElement

## Class Qualifiers

Name | Data Type | Value
--- | --- | ---
Description | string | The CIM_SoftwareElement class is used to decompose a CIM_SoftwareFeature object into a set of individually manageable or deployable parts, for a particular platform. A SoftwareElement's platform is uniquely identified by its underlying hardware architecture and operating system (for example Sun Solaris on Sun Sparc or Windows NT on Intel platforms). As such, to understand the details of how the functionality of a particular SoftwareFeature is provided on a particular platform, the CIM_SoftwareElement objects referenced by CIM_SoftwareFeatureSoftwareElements associations are organized in disjoint sets based on the TargetOperatingSystem property. A CIM_SoftwareElement object captures the management details of a part or component in one of four states characterized by the SoftwareElementState property.
UMLPackagePath | string | CIM::Application::DeploymentModel
Version | string | 2.23.0

## Class Properties

### Local Class Properties

Name | Data Type | Default Value | Qualifiers
--- | --- | --- | ---
Name | Data Type | Value
BuildNumber | string |
Description | string | The internal identifier for this compilation of SoftwareElement.
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|Software Component Information|002.4
MaxLen | uint32 | 64
CodeSet | string |
Description | string | The code set used by this SoftwareElement. It defines the bit patterns that a system uses to identify characters. ISO defines various code sets such as UTF-8 and ISO8859-1.
MaxLen | uint32 | 64
IdentificationCode | string |
Description | string | The manufacturer's identifier for this SoftwareElement. Often this will be a stock keeping unit (SKU) or a part number.
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|SubComponent Software|001.6
MaxLen | uint32 | 64
LanguageEdition | string |
Description | string | The value of this property identifies the language edition of this SoftwareElement. The language codes defined in ISO 639 should be used. Where the element represents a multi-lingual or international version, the string "Multilingual" should be used.
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|SubComponent Software|001.7
MaxLen | uint32 | 32
Manufacturer | string |
Description | string | Manufacturer of this SoftwareElement.
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|SubComponent Software|001.3
MaxLen | uint32 | 256
Name | string |
Description | string | The name used to identify this SoftwareElement.
Key | boolean | true
MaxLen | uint32 | 256
Override | string | Name
OtherTargetOS | string |
Description | string | The OtherTargetOS property records the manufacturer and operating system type for a SoftwareElement when the TargetOperatingSystem property has a value of 1 ("Other"). For all other values of TargetOperatingSystem, the OtherTargetOS property is NULL.
MaxLen | uint32 | 64
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_OperatingSystem.OtherTypeDescription
SerialNumber | string |
Description | string | The assigned serial number of this SoftwareElement.
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.4
MaxLen | uint32 | 64
SoftwareElementID | string |
Description | string | This is an identifier for the SoftwareElement and is designed to be used in conjunction with other keys to create a unique representation of the element.
Key | boolean | true
MaxLen | uint32 | 256
SoftwareElementState | uint16 |
Description | string | The SoftwareElementState is defined in this model to identify various states of a SoftwareElement's life cycle. - A SoftwareElement in the deployable state describes the details necessary to successfully distribute it and the details (Checks and Actions) required to move it to the installable state (i.e, the next state). - A SoftwareElement in the installable state describes the details necessary to successfully install it and the details (Checks and Actions) required to create an element in the executable state (i.e., the next state). - A SoftwareElement in the executable state describes the details necessary to successfully start it and the details (Checks and Actions) required to move it to the running state (i.e., the next state). - A SoftwareElement in the running state describes the details necessary to manage the started element.
Key | boolean | true
ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2, 3
Values | string | Deployable, Installable, Executable, Running
TargetOperatingSystem | uint16 |
Description | string | The TargetOperatingSystem property specifies the element's operating system environment. The value of this property does not ensure that it is binary executable. Two other pieces of information are needed. First, the version of the OS needs to be specified using the class, CIM_OSVersion Check. The second piece of information is the architecture that the OS runs on. This information is verified using CIM_ArchitectureCheck. The combination of these constructs clearly identifies the level of OS required for a particular SoftwareElement.
Key | boolean | true
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|SubComponent Software|001.8
ModelCorrespondence | string | CIM_OperatingSystem.OSType
ValueMap | string | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121
Values | string | Unknown, Other, MACOS, ATTUNIX, DGUX, DECNT, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, HPUX, AIX, MVS, OS400, OS/2, JavaVM, MSDOS, WIN3x, WIN95, WIN98, WINNT, WINCE, NCR3000, NetWare, OSF, DC/OS, Reliant UNIX, SCO UnixWare, SCO OpenServer, Sequent, IRIX, Solaris, SunOS, U6000, ASERIES, HP NonStop OS, HP NonStop OSS, BS2000, LINUX, Lynx, XENIX, VM, Interactive UNIX, BSDUNIX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, GNU Hurd, OS9, MACH Kernel, Inferno, QNX, EPOC, IxWorks, VxWorks, MiNT, BeOS, HP MPE, NextStep, PalmPilot, Rhapsody, Windows 2000, Dedicated, OS/390, VSE, TPF, Windows (R) Me, Caldera Open UNIX, OpenBSD, Not Applicable, Windows XP, z/OS, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 64-Bit, Windows XP 64-Bit, Windows XP Embedded, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-Bit, Windows Embedded for Point of Service, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 64-Bit, FreeBSD 64-Bit, RedHat Enterprise Linux, RedHat Enterprise Linux 64-Bit, Solaris 64-Bit, SUSE, SUSE 64-Bit, SLES, SLES 64-Bit, Novell OES, Novell Linux Desktop, Sun Java Desktop System, Mandriva, Mandriva 64-Bit, TurboLinux, TurboLinux 64-Bit, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 64-Bit, Debian, Debian 64-Bit, Linux 2.4.x, Linux 2.4.x 64-Bit, Linux 2.6.x, Linux 2.6.x 64-Bit, Linux 64-Bit, Other 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows 7, CentOS 32-bit, CentOS 64-bit, Oracle Linux 32-bit, Oracle Linux 64-bit, eComStation 32-bitx, Microsoft Windows Server 2011, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-bit, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit
Version | string |
Description | string | Software Version should be in the form <Major>.<Minor>.<Revision> or <Major>.<Minor><letter><revision>.
Key | boolean | true
MappingStrings | string | MIF.DMTF|SubComponent Software |001.4
MaxLen | uint32 | 64

### Inherited Properties

Name | Data Type | Class Origin
--- | --- | ---
Caption | string | CIM_ManagedElement
CommunicationStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
Description | string | CIM_ManagedElement
DetailedStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
ElementName | string | CIM_ManagedElement
Generation | uint64 | CIM_ManagedElement
HealthState | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
InstallDate | datetime | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
InstanceID | string | CIM_ManagedElement
OperatingStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
PrimaryStatus | uint16 | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
Status | string | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
OperationalStatus | uint16[] | CIM_ManagedSystemElement
StatusDescriptions | string[] | CIM_ManagedSystemElement

## Class Methods