CIM211 Class Declaration
CIM_TopologyGraph

Table of Contents:
Class Hierarchy
Class Attributes
Class Qualifiers
Properties
Methods
Associations in which the class can participate
Sub Profiling Summary

Class Hierarchy

CIM_TopologyGraph --> CIM_Collection --> CIM_ManagedElement --> [top]

Class Attributes

Class Declaration Attributes
NameValue
SUPERCLASSCIM_Collection
NAMECIM_TopologyGraph

Class Qualifiers

Class CIM_TopologyGraph Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
Experimentalbooleantrue CIM_TopologyGraph
Versionstring2.8.1000 CIM_TopologyGraph
DescriptionstringTopologyGraph is a general structure for representing network topologies. Often, a topology graph consists of a set of nodes and a set of edges which connect the nodes. The TopologyGraph structure is slightly different, in order to support multipoint links and to express the connectivity within what would normally be considered a ’ node ’ . Multipoint links occur in entities such as IP subnets, where all of the IP endpoints on the subnet can communicate directly, and Ethernet links where all of the Ethernet interfaces on the shared media can communicate directly. An example of connectivity within a node is when the various endpoints/interfaces on a router are connected through the router ’ s forwarding mechanism. There may be different groups of endpoints which communicate within their groups exclusively. This is modeled as a DeviceConnectivityCollection. To represent these examples in a graph structure, TopologyGraph generalizes the node and edge structures of a typical graph. It is a collection of ConnectivityCollections, which can communicate with one another, and are at the same protocol layer. ConnectivityCollections are aggregated into Topology Graphs using the MemberOfCollection relationship. The actual network topology encoded in TopologyGraph is extracted by connecting the ConnectivityCollection instances that share common ProtocolEndpoint instances. For example, if the graph contains three collections, defined as: - Router1={PE1, PE2}, a DeviceConnectivityCollection - Link1={PE2, PE3}, an IPConnectivitySubnet - Router2={PE3, PE4}, a DeviceConnectivityCollection then we can determine that the PE2 interface on Router1 is connected to the PE3 interface on Router2 via the subnet Link1. By finding all of the endpoints that are in multiple ConnectivityCollections within the graph, and connecting those Collections with common endpoints, we can construct the network topology. CIM_TopologyGraph
DescriptionstringCollection is an abstract class that provides a common superclass for data elements that represent collections of ManagedElements and its subclasses. CIM_Collection
DescriptionstringManagedElement is an abstract class that provides a common superclass (or top of the inheritance tree) for the non-association classes in the CIM Schema. CIM_ManagedElement

Properties

Properties
NameTypeValueQualifiersClassOrigin
InstanceIDstring Key
Description
CIM_TopologyGraph
Captionstring Description
MaxLen
CIM_ManagedElement
Descriptionstring Description CIM_ManagedElement
ElementNamestring Description CIM_ManagedElement

Property Qualifiers

Property InstanceID Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
Keybooleantrue CIM_TopologyGraph
DescriptionstringWithin the scope of the instantiating Namespace, InstanceID opaquely and uniquely identifies an instance of this class. In order to ensure uniqueness within the NameSpace, the value of InstanceID 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. If the above ’ preferred ’ algorithm is not used, the defining entity MUST assure that the resultant InstanceID is not re-used across any InstanceIDs produced by this or other providers for this instance ’ s NameSpace. For DMTF defined instances, the ’ preferred ’ algorithm MUST be used with the < OrgID > set to ’ CIM ’ . CIM_TopologyGraph

Property Caption Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object. CIM_ManagedElement
MaxLenuint3264 CIM_ManagedElement

Property Description Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe Description property provides a textual description of the object. CIM_ManagedElement

Property ElementName Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringA 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 that 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. CIM_ManagedElement

Methods

Method Qualifiers

Parameters

Parameter Qualifiers

Associations this class can participate in

Association
Class
Reference
Class
Role
CIM_RelatedTopologyGraphCIM_TopologyGraphAntecedent
CIM_MemberOfCollectionCIM_CollectionCollection
CIM_MemberPrincipalCIM_CollectionCollection
CIM_OwningCollectionElementCIM_CollectionOwnedElement
CIM_CollectionInOrganizationCIM_CollectionChild
CIM_CollectionInSystemCIM_CollectionChild
CIM_ComponentCIM_ManagedElementGroupComponent
CIM_ComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_ConcreteComponentCIM_ManagedElementGroupComponent
CIM_ConcreteComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_CredentialContextCIM_ManagedElementElementProvidingContext
CIM_DefaultElementCapabilitiesCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_DependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_DependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_HostedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_HostedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ScopedSettingCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_MetricDefForMECIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_MetricForMECIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_RelatedElementCausingErrorCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_RelatedElementCausingErrorCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_SparedCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_SparedCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ConcreteDependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_ConcreteDependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementAsUserCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_RecordAppliesToElementCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthenticationTargetCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthorizationSubjectCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthorizationTargetCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentityCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_IsSpareCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_ProvidesServiceToElementCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementCapabilitiesCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_IdentityContextCIM_ManagedElementElementProvidingContext
CIM_LogicalIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_LogicalIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSameElement
CIM_ConcreteIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_ConcreteIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSameElement
CIM_SWRManageableAspectCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_MemberOfCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_MemberPrincipalCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_ElementInPolicyRoleCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_OwningCollectionElementCIM_ManagedElementOwningElement
CIM_ParametersForMethodCIM_ManagedElementTheMethod
CIM_ParameterValueSourcesCIM_ManagedElementValueSource
CIM_PolicySetAppliesToElementCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AuthorizationRuleAppliesToTargetCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_RoleLimitedToTargetCIM_ManagedElementTargetElement
CIM_StatisticsCIM_ManagedElementElement
CIM_SynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_SynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSyncedElement
CIM_StorageSynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_StorageSynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSyncedElement
CIM_AssignedIdentityCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AuthorizedSubjectCIM_ManagedElementPrivilegedElement
CIM_AuthorizedTargetCIM_ManagedElementTargetElement
CIM_ElementConformsToProfileCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementLocationCIM_ManagedElementElement
CIM_ElementProfileCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementSecuritySensitivityCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementSettingDataCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementStatisticalDataCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_OwningJobElementCIM_ManagedElementOwningElement
CIM_AffectedJobElementCIM_ManagedElementAffectedElement
CIM_ServiceAffectsElementCIM_ManagedElementAffectedElement
CIM_ServiceAvailableToElementCIM_ManagedElementUserOfService
CIM_SAPAvailableForElementCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ManagementSAPCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement