Class CIM_ConfigurationCapacity
extends CIM_PhysicalCapacity

ConfigurationCapacity provides information on the minimum and maximum numbers of power supplies, fans, disk drives, etc. that can be connected to or placed on/into a PhysicalElement (and the number that must be connected/added/removed at a time). The PhysicalElement whose configuration is described is identified using the ElementCapacity association, inherited from PhysicalCapacity. The object whose capacities are indicated (ie, the power supply or fan) is identified in the ObjectType and VendorCompatibilityStrings properties of this class. When ObjectType has a value of 25 (Multi-Purpose) then additional description of the object is provided in the VendorCompatibilityStrings property. Since the same min/max configurations can apply to multiple instances, this class is not defined as 'weak'. Examples of the use of the ConfigurationCapacity class are to describe that a 'control unit' Chassis may be connected to (at most) 4 other I/O chassis, or to describe what a StorageLibrary's cabinet may contain. Continuing the latter example, a particular StorageLibrary's cabinet might hold a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 9 TapeDrives, and a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 264 StorageMediaLocations ("Slots"). This information would be described in two instances of ConfigurationCapacity, both associated to the StorageLibrary's PhysicalPackage. This class does NOT represent the tradeoffs that are likely to be required of one resource for another. It simply represents capacities. In the case of the StorageLibrary, there may be only 2 valid configurations - 9 TapeDrives with 88 Slots, or 3 TapeDrives with 264 Slots. This class only conveys that 'up to' 9 Drives and 'up to' 264 slots may be available and are supported.

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Class Hierarchy

CIM_ManagedElement
   |
   +--CIM_PhysicalCapacity
   |
   +--CIM_ConfigurationCapacity

Direct Known Subclasses

Class Qualifiers

NameData TypeValue
DescriptionstringConfigurationCapacity provides information on the minimum and maximum numbers of power supplies, fans, disk drives, etc. that can be connected to or placed on/into a PhysicalElement (and the number that must be connected/added/removed at a time). The PhysicalElement whose configuration is described is identified using the ElementCapacity association, inherited from PhysicalCapacity. The object whose capacities are indicated (ie, the power supply or fan) is identified in the ObjectType and VendorCompatibilityStrings properties of this class. When ObjectType has a value of 25 (Multi-Purpose) then additional description of the object is provided in the VendorCompatibilityStrings property. Since the same min/max configurations can apply to multiple instances, this class is not defined as 'weak'. Examples of the use of the ConfigurationCapacity class are to describe that a 'control unit' Chassis may be connected to (at most) 4 other I/O chassis, or to describe what a StorageLibrary's cabinet may contain. Continuing the latter example, a particular StorageLibrary's cabinet might hold a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 9 TapeDrives, and a minimum of 88 and a maximum of 264 StorageMediaLocations ("Slots"). This information would be described in two instances of ConfigurationCapacity, both associated to the StorageLibrary's PhysicalPackage. This class does NOT represent the tradeoffs that are likely to be required of one resource for another. It simply represents capacities. In the case of the StorageLibrary, there may be only 2 valid configurations - 9 TapeDrives with 88 Slots, or 3 TapeDrives with 264 Slots. This class only conveys that 'up to' 9 Drives and 'up to' 264 slots may be available and are supported.
UMLPackagePathstringCIM::Physical::Misc
Versionstring2.18.0

Class Properties

Local Class Properties

NameData TypeDefault ValueQualifiers
NameData TypeValue
Incrementuint32
DescriptionstringIncrement in which Elements must be added or removed.
MaximumCapacityuint64
DescriptionstringMaximum number of Elements of type, ObjectType, that may be installed.
MinimumCapacityuint64
DescriptionstringMinimum number of Elements of type, ObjectType, that must be installed.
Namestring
DescriptionstringThe inherited Name serves as a part of the Configuration Capacity object key.
Keybooleantrue
MaxLenuint32256
OverridestringName
ObjectTypeuint16
DescriptionstringThe type of object (power supply, fan, disk drive, ...) whose capacities are indicated. This information is part of the class' key.
Keybooleantrue
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_ConfigurationCapacity.OtherTypeDescription
ValueMapstring0, 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
ValuesstringOther, Processors, Power Supplies, Fans, Batteries, I/O Slots, Memory Slots, MediaAccessDevices (Drives), StorageMediaLocation Slots, StorageMediaLocation Magazines, StorageMediaLocation Panels, StorageMediaLocation InterLibrary Ports, StorageMediaLocation Limited Access Ports, Doors, MediaTransferDevice Pickers, MediaTransferDevice Changers, LabelReaders, Contained Chassis, Connected Chassis, Connected Frames, Front Side I/O Slots, Back Side I/O Slots, Cache Memory, NVS Memory, Volatile Memory, Multi-Purpose
OtherTypeDescriptionstring
DescriptionstringA string describing the object type - used when the ObjectType property is set to 0 ("Other"). OtherType Description should be set to NULL when ObjectType is any value other than 0.
MaxLenuint3264
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_ConfigurationCapacity.ObjectType
VendorCompatibilityStringsstring[]
DescriptionstringAn array of strings that identifies the compatibility of the elements within the configuration capacity. This allows vendors to provide information to the system administrators by providing sufficient information to request the appropriate hardware that can populate the configuration. In order to ensure uniqueness within the NameSpace, each value defined by the vendor for use in the VendorCompatibilityStrings property SHOULD be constructed using the following 'preferred' algorithm: <OrgID>:<LocalID> Where <OrgID> and <LocalID> are separated by a colon ':', and where <OrgID> MUST include a copyrighted, trademarked or otherwise unique name that is owned by the business entity creating/defining the InstanceID, or is a registered ID that is assigned to the business entity by a recognized global authority (This is similar to the <Schema Name>_<Class Name> structure of Schema class names.) In addition, to ensure uniqueness <OrgID> MUST NOT contain a colon (':'). When using this algorithm, the first colon to appear in InstanceID MUST appear between <OrgID> and <LocalID>. <LocalID> is chosen by the business entity and SHOULD not be re-used to identify different underlying (real-world) elements.
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_PhysicalPackage.VendorCompatibilityStrings, CIM_Slot.VendorCompatibilityStrings

Inherited Properties

NameData Type
Captionstring
Descriptionstring
ElementNamestring
Generationuint64
InstanceIDstring

Class Methods