CIM Schema Release Notes

This document describes the changes that have been incorporated into the CIM Schema Version release.

The experimental ZIP file contains entities that were approved for the CIM Schema Version that did not have sufficient implementation experience to be taken Final. The final ZIP file contains entities that have at least two independent implementations. Entities that are designated as final cannot be changed in a backward incompatible way between minor version releases.

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Contributions to the CIM schema have been provided through the DMTF Alliance Partnerships with the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), The Open Grid Forum (OGF), The Green Grid and the Printer Work Group (a Program of the IEEE-ISTO).

Installation

To install the CIM Schema:

  1. Download the ZIP files from the DMTF CIM standards page (http://www.dmtf.org/standards/cim/). The ZIP files can be found under the "CIM Schema and Specifications" section. The release contains both the experimental and final CIM Schemas.

    2. These files contain all the MOF files that are part of the CIM schema. The experimental ZIP file contains the latest experimental schema. This schema may change in a backward incompatible way based on implementation experience. The final ZIP file contains just the portions of the schema that is in a final state.

    These files contain a rendering of the CIM schema in XML into a single file.

    These files contain a rendering of the CIM schema in XML into individual files, one file per entity.

    These files contain a rendering of the CIM schema in XSD into individual files, one file per entity.

    These files contain a rendering of the CIM schema in HTML format.

    These files contain a comparison of the differences in the CIM schema rendered in HTML format. The files contain the differences between Final and Experimental, and the prior releease Experimental and and the prior release Final respectively.

    These files contains the UML representations of the CIM schema in Visio and PDF format.

  2. Unzip the downloaded files. Please be aware that the MOFs will be expanded into the directory that you specify. Subdirectories are created for each separate model area.

Schema Changes

Final

The following changes were applied to Final

Class (File) Change Request Description
Application/CIM_Action.mof
 CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_Check.mof
 CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_SoftwareElement.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_SoftwareElementVersion.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Core/CIM_OpaqueManagementDataCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01404 Take CIM_OpaqueManagementDataCapabilities.MaxInstancesSupported final
Core/CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01402 Take CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.RequestedPowerStatesSupported final
Core/CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01414 Power Utilization Management Profile moves CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementCapabilities class to final.
Core/CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementService.mof CIMCoreCR01413 Power Utilization Management Profile moves CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementService class to final.
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01406 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.VirtualSystemTypesSupported
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.mof CIMCoreCR01405 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.VirtualSystemType
Device/CIM_ZoneCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01230 Take ZoneCapabilities SupportedConnectivityMemberTypes and OtherSupportedConnectivityMemberTypes final.
Device/CIM_ZoneService.mof CIMCoreCR01231 Take ZoneService DefaultZoningState final.
Metrics/CIM_MetricService.mof CIMCoreCR01324 Extend metric service in order to allow programmatic change of the sample time
Metrics/CIM_MetricServiceCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01225 Add ControlSampleTimes method in MetricService supported methods
Network/CIM_WiFiNetworkDetectionSettings.mof CIMCoreCR01434 Take WiFiNetworkDetectionSettings final
OSTypes.inc CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
ProcessorFamily.inc CIMCoreCR01382 Add numbers for new Intel processors
ProcessorFamily.inc CIMCoreCR01383 Add numbers for new VIA processors
Support/PRS_Solution.mof CIMCoreCR01437 Fix typo (extra space)
System/CIM_BIOSService.mof CIMCore01421.002.006 Take CIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() Final
System/CIM_ComputerSystem.mof CIMCoreCR01380 Add value map for network PC to Dedicated property.
System/CIM_OperatingSystem.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
User/CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01403 Take CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.MaximumAccountsSupported final

Experimental

The following changes were applied to Experimental

Class (File) Change Request Description
Application/CIM_Action.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_Check.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_SoftwareElement.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Application/CIM_SoftwareElementVersion.mof CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
Core/CIM_OpaqueManagementDataCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01404 Take CIM_OpaqueManagementDataCapabilities.MaxInstancesSupported final
Core/CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01402 Take CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.RequestedPowerStatesSupported final
Core/CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01414 Power Utilization Management Profile moves CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementCapabilities class to final.
Core/CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementService.mof CIMCoreCR01413 Power Utilization Management Profile moves CIM_PowerUtilizationManagementService class to final.
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01406 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.VirtualSystemTypesSupported
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.mof CIMCoreCR01405 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.VirtualSystemType
Device/CIM_ZoneCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01230 Take ZoneCapabilities SupportedConnectivityMemberTypes and OtherSupportedConnectivityMemberTypes final.
Device/CIM_ZoneService.mof CIMCoreCR01231 Take ZoneService DefaultZoningState final.
Metrics/CIM_MetricService.mof CIMCoreCR01324 Extend metric service in order to allow programmatic change of the sample time
Metrics/CIM_MetricServiceCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01225 Add ControlSampleTimes method in MetricService supported methods
Network/CIM_WiFiNetworkDetectionSettings.mof CIMCoreCR01434 Take WiFiNetworkDetectionSettings final
OSTypes.inc CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
ProcessorFamily.inc CIMCoreCR01382 Add numbers for new Intel processors
ProcessorFamily.inc CIMCoreCR01383 Add numbers for new VIA processors
Support/PRS_Solution.mof CIMCoreCR01437 Fix typo (extra space)
System/CIM_BIOSService.mof CIMCore01421.002.006 Take CIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttributes() Final
System/CIM_ComputerSystem.mof CIMCoreCR01380 Add value map for network PC to Dedicated property.
System/CIM_OperatingSystem.mof
 CIMCoreCR01375 Update OSTypes.inc for VMware ESXi
User/CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01403 Take CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.MaximumAccountsSupported final
Core/CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01402 Take CIM_PowerManagementCapabilities.RequestedPowerStatesSupported final
Core/CIM_ReplicationService.mof CIMCoreCR01396 Replication Service
Core/CIM_ReplicationServiceCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01395 Replication Service capabilities
Core/CIM_ReplicationSettingData.mof CIMCoreCR01397
Core/CIM_SoftwareIdentity.mof CIMCoreCR01376 CIM_SoftwareIdentity Extended Resource extensions
Core/CIM_SqlCharacterSet.mof CIMCoreCR01418 fix type in property name
Core/CIM_StorageExtent.mof CIMCoreCR01419 Add ExtentDiscriminator property to StorageExtent
Core/CIM_Synchronized.mof CIMCoreCR01399
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01406 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemManagementCapabilities.VirtualSystemTypesSupported
Core/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.mof CIMCoreCR01405 Define format and well-known values for CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData.VirtualSystemType
Core/PRS_Solution.mof CIMCoreCR01417 fix type
Core/qualifiers.mof ARCHCR00120 Qualifier type declaration for XMLNamespaceName
Device/CIM_AssociatedDeviceMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01384 Associate a group of devices (storage volumes) to a masking view.
Device/CIM_AssociatedInitiatorMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01385 Associate a group of initiators to a masking view.
Device/CIM_AssociatedMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01386 Associate a group of protocolcontrollers to a masking view.
Device/CIM_AssociatedTargetMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01387 Associate a group of target ports to a masking view.
Device/CIM_Battery.mof CIMCoreCR01322 Added HealthPercent and PermanentErrorInfo property to the Battery class.
Device/CIM_DeviceMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01388 Device (aka StorageVolumes) Masking Group.
Device/CIM_DeviceTray.mof CIMCoreCR01381 Add CIM_DeviceTray class.
Device/CIM_Display.mof CIMCoreCR01323 Add Contrast, MaxContrast and DisplayCharacteristics properties to CIM_Display class.
Device/CIM_DisplayController.mof CIMCoreCR01321 Added VideoArchitecture property to the DisplayController class.
Device/CIM_FCActiveConnection.mof CIMCoreCR01229 Add FCActiveConnection
Device/CIM_FCPort.mof CIMCoreCR01226 Add FCPort Flavor
Device/CIM_FCPortCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01433 Add properties NPIVSupported and MaxNPIVLogins to FCPortCapabilities
Device/CIM_FCSwitchCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01340 Add property FCPortSwitchCapabilities.NPIVSupported
Device/CIM_FlatPanel.mof CIMCoreCR01338 Add BuiltIn property to CIM_FlatPanel class
Device/CIM_GroupMaskingMappingCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01388 Group masking-related capabilities of a controller
Device/CIM_GroupMaskingMappingService.mof CIMCoreCR01390 Service to manage masking groups.
Device/CIM_InitiatorMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01391 Initiator Port Masking Group (StorageHardwareIDs).
Device/CIM_LogicalDisk.mof CIMCoreCR01411
Device/CIM_MaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01392 A collection of storage masking objects, such as a group of InitiatorPorts, TargetPorts or LUNames.
Device/CIM_ReplicationEntity.mof CIMCoreCR01394
Device/CIM_StorageConfigurationCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01410
Device/CIM_StorageElementCompositionService.mof CIMCoreCR01435 Add missing value map to StorageElementCompositionServicei
Device/CIM_StorageExtent.mof CIMCoreCR01409 CIMCoreCR01409 - Expand the Usage property value map
Device/CIM_StorageSetting.mof CIMCoreCR01412
Device/CIM_StorageSynchronized.mof CIMCoreCR01398
Device/CIM_StorageVolume.mof CIMCoreCR01408
Device/CIM_TargetMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01394
Device/CIM_TargetMaskingGroup.mof CIMCoreCR01393 Target Port Masking Group (ProtocolEndpoints).
Device/CIM_ZoneCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01230 Take ZoneCapabilities SupportedConnectivityMemberTypes and OtherSupportedConnectivityMemberTypes final.
Device/CIM_ZoneService.mof CIMCoreCR01231 Take ZoneService DefaultZoningState final.
Device/CIM_ZoneService.mof CIMCoreCR01342 Add properties for ZoneService
Event/CIM_Indication.mof CIMCoreCR01420 Add sequence identifiers to CIM_Indication
Metrics/CIM_MetricService.mof CIMCoreCR01324 Extend metric service in order to allow programmatic change of the sample time
System/CIM_ComputerSystem.mof CIMCoreCR01380 Add value map for network PC to Dedicated property.
System/CIM_CPUDiagnosticTest.mof DIAG00015.006 add CIM_CPUDiagnosticTest
User/CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.mof CIMCoreCR01403 Take CIM_AccountManagementCapabilities.MaximumAccountsSupported final
User/CIM_CertificateManagementService.mof SecurityCR00065 Modify CIM_CertificateManagementService.
User/CIM_CredentialContext.mof SecurityCR00074 Add the Usage property to CredentialContext.
User/CIM_KeyBasedCreden tialManagementService.mof SecurityCR00075 Modify KeyBasedCredentialManagementService.
User/CIM_X509Certificate.mof SecurityCR00064 Modify CIM_X509Certificate.
User/CIM_X509CRL.mof SecurityCR00067 Modify CIM_X509CRL.
User/CIM_X509Infrastructure.mof SecurityCR00070 Modify CIM_X509Infrastructure.