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Manageability NetXtreme User Guide
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April 2017 • 2CS57XX-CDUM514-R Page 157
Section 10: Manageability
• CIM
• SNMP
CIM
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard defined by the Distributed Management Task
Force (DMTF). Microsoft implements CIM on Windows platforms such as Windows Server 2008. Broadcom will
support CIM on Windows Server 2008, 2012, and 2012 R2 platforms.
Broadcom's implementation of CIM will provide various classes to provide information to users through CIM
client applications. Note that Broadcom CIM data provider will provide data only, and users can choose their
preferred CIM client software to browse the information exposed by Broadcom CIM provider.
Broadcom CIM provider provides information through BRCM_NetworkAdapter and BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup
classes. BRCM_NetworkAdapter class provides network adapter information pertaining to a group of adapters,
including both Broadcom and other vendors’ controllers. BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup class provides team
configuration for the Broadcom Advanced Server Program (BASP) Program. Current implementation will
provide team information and information of physical network adapters in the team.
Broadcom Advanced Server Program provides events through event logs. Users can use the “Event Viewer”
provided by Windows Server 2008, or use CIM to inspect or monitor these events. Broadcom CIM provider will
also provide event information through the CIM generic event model. These events are
__InstanceCreationEvent, __InstanceDeletionEvent and __InstanceModificationEvent, and are defined by CIM.
CIM requires the client application to register the events from the client application using queries, as examples
shown below in order to receive events properly.
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ExtraCapacityGroup"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_NetworkAdapter"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ActsAsSpare"
SELECT * FROM __InstanceDeletionEvent
where TargetInstance ISA "BRCM_ActsAsSpare"
For detailed information about these events, see the CIM documentation at http://www.dmtf.org/standards/
published_documents/DSP0004V2.3_final.pdf .