HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-1000019 - Page 355

Repository Appendix A The Common Information Model (CIM) is an industry standard developed by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). CIM describes application data so that administrators can view data from different platforms and vendors in the same way. CIM is not a database. This appendix describes the database views of the following elements within Fabric Manager so that they can be accessed by a CIM model: • "SAN" on page A-2 • "Fabric" on page A-2 • "Switch" on page A-2 • "Device" on page A-3 • "Switch Port" on page A-4 • "Device Port" on page A-7 • "Zone_config" on page A-7 • "Zone" on page A-8 • "Zone Membership" on page A-8 • "Zone Alias" on page A-9 Each table in this appendix lists the following: • Column View column name. • Type Value type. For example, string, int, long, and so on. • Qualifier A modifier that describes the class. • Description Brief description of the column. • Database Equivalent How to access the element in the Fabric Manager database, represented by one of the following: • Database table and column. For example, "fabric.dbid". • SQL query. For example, "select switches.wwn from switches, switch_detail, fabric where..." • Fixed value. For example, "WWN". • Example An example return value. Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide A-1 Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP