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Property Description
Tag
An arbitrary string that uniquely identifies the Physical Element and
serves as the key of the Element. The Tag property can contain
information such as asset tag or serial number data. The key for
PhysicalElement is placed very high in the object hierarchy to
independently identify the hardware or entity, regardless of physical
placement in or on Cabinets, Adapters, and so on. For example, a
hotswappable or removable component can be taken from its
containing (scoping) Package and be temporarily unused. The
object still continues to exist and can even be inserted into a
different scoping container. Therefore, the key for Physical
Element is an arbitrary string and is defined independently of any
placement or location-oriented hierarchy.
DCIM_PhysicalPackage
Table 17. PhysicalPackage
Property Description
CreationClassName
Indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation
of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this
class, this property allows all instances of this class and its
subclasses to be uniquely identified.
ElementName
A user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each
instance to define a user-friendly name in addition to its key
properties, identity data, and description information.
NOTE: The Name property of ManagedSystemElement
is also defined as a user-friendly name. But, it is often
subclassed to be a Key. It is not reasonable that the
same property can convey both identity and a user-
friendly name, without inconsistencies. Where Name
exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of
LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in
both the Name and ElementName properties.
ManufactureDate
The date that this PhysicalElement was manufactured.
Manufacturer
The name of the organization responsible for producing the
PhysicalElement. This organization may be the entity from whom
the Element is purchased, but this is not necessarily true. The latter
information is contained in the Vendor property of CIM_Product.
Model
The name by which the PhysicalElement is generally known.
Name
The Name property defines the label by which the object is known.
When subclassed, the Name property can be overridden to be a
Key property.
OtherPackageType
A string describing the package when the instance's PackageType
property is 1 (Other).
PackageType
Enumeration defining the type of the PhysicalPackage.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown — Indicates that the package type is not known.
• 1 = Other — The package type does not correspond to an
existing enumerated value. The value is specified using the
OtherPackageType property.
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