// Copyright (c) 2005 DMTF. All rights reserved. //CIM 2.9 Review Comments - // PerceivedSeverity Promotion to CIM_Indication //CIM 2.12 // Bringuniqueness to IndicationIdentifier // Add UmlPackagePath // qualifier values to CIM Schema. // ================================================================== // CIM_Indication // ================================================================== [Indication, Abstract, Version ( "2.7.0" ), UMLPackagePath ( "CIM::Event" ), Description ( "CIM_Indication is the abstract root class for all " "notifications about changes in schema, objects and their data, " "and about events detected by providers and instrumentation. " "Subclasses represent specific types of notifications. \n" "\n" "To receive an Indication, a consumer (or subscriber) must " "create an instance of CIM_IndicationFilter describing the " "criteria of the notification, an instance of " "CIM_ListenerDestination describing the delivery of the " "notification, and an instance of CIM_IndicationSubscription " "associating the Filter and Handler.")] class CIM_Indication { [Description ( "An identifier for the Indication. This property is similar " "to a key value in that it can be used for identification, " "when correlating Indications (see the CorrelatedIndications " "array). Its value SHOULD be unique as long as correlations " "are reported, but MAY be reused or left NULL if no future " "Indications will reference it in their " "CorrelatedIndications array. To ensure uniqueness, the " "value of IndicationIdentifier should be constructed using " "the following \"preferred\" algorithm: \n" ": \n" "Where and are separated by a colon (:), " "and where must include a copyrighted, trademarked, " "or otherwise unique name that is owned by the business " "entity that is creating or defining the " "IndicationIdentifier or that is a recognized ID that is " "assigned to the business entity by a recognized global " "authority. (This requirement is similar to the _ structure of Schema class names.) In " "addition, to ensure uniqueness must not contain a " "colon (:). When using this algorithm, the first colon to " "appear in IndicationIdentifier must appear between " "and . \n" " is chosen by the business entity and should not " "be re-used to identify different underlying (real-world) " "elements. \n" "If the above \"preferred\" algorithm is not used, the " "defining entity should assure that the resulting " "IndicationIdentifier is not re-used across any " "IndicationIdentifiers that are produced by this or other " "providers for the NameSpace of this instance. \n" "For DMTF-defined instances, the \"preferred\" algorithm " "should be used with the set to CIM."), MappingStrings { "Recommendation.ITU|X733.Notification " "identifier" }] string IndicationIdentifier; [Description ( "A list of IndicationIdentifiers whose notifications are " "correlated with (related to) this one."), MappingStrings { "Recommendation.ITU|X733.Correlated " "notifications" }, ModelCorrespondence { "CIM_Indication.IndicationIdentifier" }] string CorrelatedIndications[]; [Description ( "The time and date of creation of the Indication. The " "property may be set to NULL if the entity creating the " "Indication is not capable of determining this information. " "Note that IndicationTime may be the same for two " "Indications that are generated in rapid succession.")] datetime IndicationTime; [Description ( "An enumerated value that describes the severity of the " "Indication from the notifier's point of view: \n" "1 - Other, by CIM convention, is used to indicate that the " "Severity's value can be found in the OtherSeverity " "property. \n" "3 - Degraded/Warning should be used when its appropriate to " "let the user decide if action is needed. \n" "4 - Minor should be used to indicate action is needed, but " "the situation is not serious at this time. \n" "5 - Major should be used to indicate action is needed NOW. " "\n6 - Critical should be used to indicate action is needed " "NOW and the scope is broad (perhaps an imminent outage to a " "critical resource will result). \n" "7 - Fatal/NonRecoverable should be used to indicate an " "error occurred, but it's too late to take remedial action. " "\n2 and 0 - Information and Unknown (respectively) follow " "common usage. Literally, the Indication is purely " "informational or its severity is simply unknown."), ValueMap { "0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7" }, Values { "Unknown", "Other", "Information", "Degraded/Warning", "Minor", "Major", "Critical", "Fatal/NonRecoverable" }, MappingStrings { "Recommendation.ITU|X733.Perceived severity" }] uint16 PerceivedSeverity; [Description ( "Holds the value of the user defined severity value when " "'PerceivedSeverity' is 1 (\"Other\")."), ModelCorrespondence { "CIM_AlertIndication.PerceivedSeverity" }] string OtherSeverity; };