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.

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Class Hierarchy

CIM_LogicalIdentity
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   +--CIM_DeviceIdentity

Direct Known Subclasses

Class Qualifiers

NameData TypeValue
Associationbooleantrue
DescriptionstringCIM_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.
UMLPackagePathstringCIM::Device::DeviceElements
Versionstring2.6.0

Class Properties

Association References

NameClass OriginReference ClassQualifiers
NameData TypeValue
SameElementCIM_DeviceIdentityCIM_LogicalDevice
DescriptionstringSameElement represents an alternate aspect of the System entity.
Keybooleantrue
OverridestringSameElement
SystemElementCIM_DeviceIdentityCIM_LogicalDevice
DescriptionstringSystemElement represents one aspect of the Device.
Keybooleantrue
OverridestringSystemElement

Class Methods