ISO/IEC 24775-7:2014

ISO/IEC 24775-7
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ISO/IEC 24775-7
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Contents
FOREWORD. 13
Introduction . 15
1 Scope . 17
2 Normative References. 18
3 Terms and definitions . 18
4 Typographical conventions. 20
4.1 Maturity model. 20
4.2 Experimental maturity level. 20
4.3 Implemented maturity level . 20
4.4 Stable maturity level. 21
4.5 Finalized maturity level. 21
4.6 Deprecated material. 21
5 Disk Partition Subprofile . 23
5.1 Description . 23
5.1.1 General.23
5.1.2 Background on X86 MBR Partitions. 24
5.2 Health and Fault Management Considerations. 28
5.3 Supported Subprofiles and Packages. 29
5.4 Methods of the Profile . 29
5.4.1 SetPartitionStyle. 29
5.4.2 CreateOrModifyPartition. 29
5.5 Client Considerations and Recipes. 30
5.5.1 General.30
5.5.2 Create New Partition Using All Available Space at End of Volume. 30
5.6 Registered Name and Version. 33
5.7 CIM Elements. 33
5.7.1 General.33
5.7.2 CIM_BasedOn (Partition to Extent) . 34
5.7.3 CIM_BasedOn (Partition to Partition) . 34
5.7.4 CIM_DiskPartitionConfigurationCapabilities. 34
5.7.5 CIM_DiskPartitionConfigurationService . 35
5.7.6 CIM_ElementCapabilities . 35
5.7.7 CIM_GenericDiskPartition . 35
5.7.8 CIM_HostedService . 36
5.7.9 CIM_InstalledPartitionTable (Capabilities to Extent) . 36
5.7.10 CIM_InstalledPartitionTable (Capabilities to Partition) . 36
5.7.11 CIM_LogicalDisk . 37
5.7.12 CIM_LogicalDiskBasedOnPartition . 37
5.7.13 CIM_StorageExtent . 37
5.7.14 CIM_SystemDevice (System to Extent) . 38
5.7.15 CIM_SystemDevice (System to LogicalDisk) . 38
5.7.16 CIM_SystemDevice (System to Partition) . 38
6 FC HBA Profile . 40
6.1 Synopsis. 40
6.2 Description . 40
6.3 Implementation. 40
6.3.1 General.40
6.3.2 Modeling SCSI Protocol Support. 41
6.3.3 Persistent Binding . 42
6.3.4 LED Blink. 43
6.4 Health and Fault Management. 43
6.5 Methods . 44

6.5.1 Extrinsic Methods of this Profile . 44
6.5.2 StorageNameBindingService.CreateStorageNameBinding . 44
6.5.3 StorageNameBindingService.CreateOSStorageNameBinding . 44
6.5.4 CIM_AlarmDevice.SetAlarmState . 45
6.5.5 Intrinsic Methods of this Profile . 45
6.6 Client Considerations and Recipes. 46
6.6.1 General.46
6.6.2 Discovery HBA Topology and Attributes . 46
6.6.3 Get the statistics for each port. 48
6.6.4 Define a persistent binding to a target PWWN. 49
6.6.5 Define a persistent binding to an LUID. 51
6.6.6 Blink the LED. 52
6.7 CIM Elements. 53
6.7.1 General.53
6.7.2 CIM_AlarmDevice . 54
6.7.3 CIM_AssociatedAlarm. 55
6.7.4 CIM_ComputerSystem . 55
6.7.5 CIM_ControlledBy . 56
6.7.6 CIM_ElementCapabilities (Capabilities to FCPort). 56
6.7.7 CIM_ElementCapabilities (Capabilities to System) . 56
6.7.8 CIM_ElementSettingData. 57
6.7.9 CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentity (Driver). 57
6.7.10 CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentity (FCode/BIOS) . 57
6.7.11 CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentity (Firmware) . 58
6.7.12 CIM_FCPort . 58
6.7.13 CIM_HostedCollection. 58
6.7.14 CIM_HostedService . 59
6.7.15 CIM_InstalledSoftwareIdentity (Driver). 59
6.7.16 CIM_LogicalPortGroup. 59
6.7.17 CIM_MemberOfCollection . 60
6.7.18 CIM_OSStorageNameBinding . 60
6.7.19 CIM_PhysicalPackage . 61
6.7.20 CIM_PortController. 61
6.7.21 CIM_Product . 61
6.7.22 CIM_ProductPhysicalComponent . 62
6.7.23 CIM_Realizes . 62
6.7.24 CIM_ServiceAvailableToElement. 62
6.7.25 CIM_SoftwareIdentity (Driver) . 63
6.7.26 CIM_So
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