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CIM Schema
Part of Common Information Model standard

CIM Schema is a computer specification, part of Common Information Model standard, and created by the Distributed Management Task Force.

It is a conceptual diagram made of classes, attributes, relations between these classes and inheritances, defined in the world of software and hardware. This set of objects and their relations is a conceptual framework for describing computer elements and organizing information about the managed environment.

This schema is the basis of other DMTF standards such as WBEM, SMASH or SMI-S for storage management.

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Extensibility

The CIM schema is object-based34 and extensible, allowing manufacturers to represent their equipment using the elements defined in the core classes of CIM schema. For this, manufacturers provide software extensions called providers, which supplement existing classes by deriving them and adding new attributes.

Examples of common core classes

References

  1. DMTF : CIM Schema https://www.dmtf.org/documents/cim/cim-schema-2510 ↩

  2. WBEM Solutions: CIM Schema http://wbemsolutions.com/tutorials/CIM/cim-schema.html ↩

  3. CIM concepts: Object-Oriented Modeling http://nets.ucar.edu/nets/intro/staff/siemsen/nandisc/dmtf/cim-2.5/tutorial/using/conc.html ↩

  4. Solaris WBEM Services Administrator's Guide: Common Information Model (CIM) Terms and Concepts https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-6468/6jfdjss9h/index.html ↩

  5. Class CIM_ComputerSystem extends CIM_System https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_ComputerSystem.html ↩

  6. Class CIM_DataFile extends CIM_LogicalFile https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_DataFile.html ↩

  7. Class CIM_Directory extends CIM_LogicalFile https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_Directory.html ↩

  8. CIM_DiskPartition class https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/cimwin32prov/cim-diskpartition ↩

  9. Class CIM_DiskPartition extends CIM_GenericDiskPartition https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_DiskPartition.html ↩

  10. Class CIM_FIFOPipeFile extends CIM_LogicalFile https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.51.0/CIM_FIFOPipeFile.html ↩

  11. CIM_OperatingSystem class https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/CIMWin32Prov/cim-operatingsystem ↩

  12. Class CIM_OperatingSystem extends CIM_EnabledLogicalElement https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_OperatingSystem.html ↩

  13. Class CIM_Process extends CIM_EnabledLogicalElement https://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/cim-html/2.49.0/CIM_Process.html ↩

  14. CIM_SqlTable https://users.suse.com/~kkaempf/cim/class/CIM_SqlTable.html ↩

  15. VMware vSphere 5.1 Documentation Center: Class CIM_SqlTable https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.cimsdk.smashref.doc%2Fclass_CIM_SqlTable.html ↩

  16. VMware CIM SMASH/Server Management API Reference: Class CIM_SqlTrigger https://code.vmware.com/docs/5499/vmware-cim-smash-server-management-api-reference/doc/class_CIM_SqlTrigger.html ↩