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RecordLog class

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Represents the system event log (SEL) of a Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Each BMC has one associated RecordLog instance.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all inherited properties. Properties and methods are in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

[Dynamic, Provider("IPMIPrv"), UUID("{ec524523-0bda-434b-941e-8f296cbf97a6}"), AMENDMENT]
class RecordLog : CIM_RecordLog
{
  string   Caption;
  string   Description;
  string   ElementName;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string   Name;
  uint16   OperationalStatus[];
  string   StatusDescriptions[];
  string   Status;
  uint16   HealthState;
  string   OtherEnabledState;
  uint16   RequestedState = 12;
  uint16   EnabledDefault = 2;
  uint64   MaxNumberOfRecords;
  uint64   CurrentNumberOfRecords;
  string   InstanceID;
  uint16   EnabledState = 5;
  datetime TimeOfLastStateChange;
};

Members

The RecordLog class has these types of members:

Methods

The RecordLog class has these methods.

Method Description
ClearLog Clears the log of all entries.
This method is inherited from CIM_Log.
RequestStateChange Initiates a request to change the state of the event log.
This method is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

Properties

The RecordLog class has these properties.

Caption

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)

The Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedElement.

CurrentNumberOfRecords

Data type: uint64

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Gauge

Current number of records in the Log.

This property is inherited from CIM_Log.

Description

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

The Description property provides a textual description of the object.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedElement.

ElementName

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

A 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 ManagedSystemElement's Name property 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 MAY be present in both the Name and ElementName properties.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedElement.

EnabledDefault

Data type: uint16

Access type: Read/write

An enumerated value indicating an administrator's default or startup configuration for the Enabled State of an element. By default, the element is "Enabled" (value=2).

This property is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

Enabled (2)

Disabled (3)

Not Applicable (5)

Enabled but Offline (6)

No Default (7)

DMTF Reserved

8 32767

Vendor Reserved

32768 65535

EnabledState

Data type: uint16

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.OtherEnabledState")

Indicates the enabled and disabled states of an element. It can also indicate the transitions between these requested states. For example, shutting down (value=4) and starting (value=10) are transient states between enabled and disabled.

This method is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

Unknown (0)

Other (1)

Enabled (2)

The element is or could be executing commands, will process any queued commands, and queues new requests.

Disabled (3)

The element will not execute commands and will drop any new requests.

Shutting Down (4)

The element is in the process of going to a Disabled state.

Not Applicable (5)

The element does not support being enabled or disabled.

Enabled but Offline (6)

The element might be completing commands, and will drop any new requests.

In Test (7)

The element is in a test state.

Deferred (8)

The element might be completing commands, but will queue any new requests.

Quiesce (9)

The element is enabled but in a restricted mode. The behavior of the element is similar to the Enabled state (2), but it processes only a restricted set of commands. All other requests are queued.

Starting (10)

The element is in the process of going to an Enabled state (2). New requests are queued.

DMTF Reserved

Reserved.

Vendor Reserved

Reserved.

HealthState

Data type: uint16

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Experimental

Indicates the current health of the element. This attribute expresses the health of this element but not necessarily that of its subcomponents. The possible values are 0 to 30, where 5 means the element is entirely healthy and 30 means the element is completely non-functional. The following continuum is defined:

"Non-recoverable Error" (30) - The element has completed failed and recovery is not possible. All functionality provided by this element has been lost.

"Critical Failure" (25) - The element is non-functional and recovery MAY NOT be possible.

"Major Failure" (20) - The element is failing. It is possible the some or all of the functionality of this component is degraded or not working.

"Minor Failure" (15) - All functionality is available but some MAY be degraded.

"Degraded/Warning" (10) - The element is in working order and all functionality is provided. However, the element is not working to the best of its abilities. For example, the element may not be operating at optimal performance or it may be reporting recoverable errors.

"OK" (5) - The element is fully functional and is operating within normal operational parameters and without error.

"Unknown" (0) - The implementation can not report on HealthState at this time.

DMTF has reserved the unused portion of the continuum for additional HealthStates in the future.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Unknown (0)

OK (5)

Degraded/Warning (10)

Minor failure (15)

Major failure (20)

Critical failure (25)

Non-recoverable error (30)

DMTF Reserved

31 65535

InstallDate

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.5")

A datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

InstanceID

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Key

Within 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'.

This property is inherited from CIM_RecordLog.

MaxNumberOfRecords

Data type: uint64

Access type: Read-only

Maximum number of records that can be captured in the Log. If undefined, a value of zero should be specified.

This property is inherited from CIM_Log.

Name

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: MaxLen (1024)

The Name property defines the label by which the object is known. When subclassed, the Name property can be overridden to be a Key property.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

OperationalStatus

Data type: uint16 array

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: ArrayType ("Indexed"), ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_ManagedSystemElement.StatusDescriptions")

Indicates the current status(es) of the element. Various operational statuses are defined. Many of the enumeration's values are self- explanatory. However, a few are not and are described in more detail.

"Stressed" indicates that the element is functioning, but needs attention. Examples of "Stressed" states are overload, overheated, etc.

"Predictive Failure" indicates that an element is functioning nominally but predicting a failure in the near future.

"In Service" describes an element being configured, maintained, cleaned, or otherwise administered.

"No Contact" indicates that the monitoring system has knowledge of this element, but has never been able to establish communications with it.

"Lost Communication" indicates that the ManagedSystem Element is known to exist and has been contacted successfully in the past, but is currently unreachable.

"Stopped" and "Aborted" are similar, although the former implies a clean and orderly stop, while the latter implies an abrupt stop where the element's state and configuration may need to be updated.

"Dormant" indicates that the element is inactive or quiesced.

"Supporting Entity in Error" describes that this element may be "OK" but that another element, on which it is dependent, is in error. An example is a network service or endpoint that cannot function due to lower layer networking problems.

"Completed" indicates the element has completed its operation. This value should be combined with either OK, Error, or Degraded so that a client can till if the complete operation passed (Completed with OK), and failure (Completed with Error). Completed with Degraded would imply the operation finished, but did not complete OK or report an error.

"Power Mode" indicates the element has additional power model information contained in the Associated PowerManagementService association.

OperationalStatus replaces the Status property on ManagedSystemElement to provide a consistent approach to enumerations, to address implementation needs for an array property, and to provide a migration path from today's environment to the future. This change was not made earlier since it required the DEPRECATED qualifier. Due to the widespread use of the existing Status property in management applications, it is strongly RECOMMENDED that providers/instrumentation provide BOTH the Status and OperationalStatus properties. Further, the first value of OperationalStatus SHOULD contain the primary status for the element. When instrumented, Status (since it is single-valued) SHOULD also provide the primary status of the element.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

Unknown (0)

Other (1)

OK (2)

Degraded (3)

Stressed (4)

Predictive Failure (5)

Error (6)

Non-Recoverable Error (7)

Starting (8)

Stopping (9)

Stopped (10)

In Service (11)

No Contact (12)

Lost Communication (13)

Aborted (14)

Dormant (15)

Supporting Entity in Error (16)

Completed (17)

Power Mode (18)

DMTF Reserved

19 32767

Vendor Reserved

32768 65535

OtherEnabledState

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.EnabledState")

A string that describes the enabled or disabled state of the element when the EnabledState property is set to 1 ("Other"). This property must be set to null when EnabledState is any value other than 1.

This property is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

RequestedState

Data type: uint16

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.EnabledState")

RequestedState is an integer enumeration that indicates the last requested or desired state for the element. The actual state of the element is represented by EnabledState. This property is provided to compare the last requested and current enabled or disabled states. Note that when EnabledState is set to 5 ("Not Applicable"), then this property has no meaning. By default, the RequestedState of the element is 5 ("No Change"). Refer to the EnabledState property description for explanations of the values in the RequestedState enumeration. It should be noted that there are two new values in RequestedState that build on the statuses of EnabledState. These are "Reboot" (10) and "Reset" (11). Reboot refers to doing a "Shut Down" and then moving to an "Enabled" state. Reset indicates that the element is first "Disabled" and then "Enabled". The distinction between requesting "Shut Down" and "Disabled" should also be noted. Shut Down requests an orderly transition to the Disabled state, and might involve removing power, to completely erase any existing state. The Disabled state requests an immediate disabling of the element, such that it will not execute or accept any commands or processing requests. This property is set as the result of a method invocation (such as StartService or StopService on CIM_Service), or can be overridden and defined as WRITEable in a subclass. The method approach is considered superior to a WRITEable property, because it allows an explicit invocation of the operation and the return of a result code. A particular instance of CIM_EnabledLogicalElement might not support RequestStateChange. If this occurs, the value 12 ("Not Applicable") is used.

This property is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

Enabled (2)

Disabled (3)

Shut Down (4)

No Change (5)

Offline (6)

Test (7)

Deferred (8)

Quiesce (9)

Reboot (10)

Reset (11)

Not Applicable (12)

DMTF Reserved

13 32767

Vendor Reserved

32768 65535

Status

Data type: string

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: Deprecated ("CIM_ManagedSystemElement.OperationalStatus"), MaxLen (10)

A string indicating the current status of the object. Various operational and non-operational statuses are defined. This property is deprecated in lieu of OperationalStatus, which includes the same semantics in its enumeration. This change is made for 3 reasons: 1) Status is more correctly defined as an array. This overcomes the limitation of describing status via a single value, when it is really a multi-valued property (for example, an element may be OK AND Stopped. 2) A MaxLen of 10 is too restrictive and leads to unclear enumerated values. And, 3) The change to a uint16 data type was discussed when CIM V2.0 was defined. However, existing V1.0 implementations used the string property and did not want to modify their code. Therefore, Status was grandfathered into the Schema. Use of the Deprecated qualifier allows the maintenance of the existing property, but also permits an improved definition using OperationalStatus.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

("OK")

("Error")

("Degraded")

("Unknown")

("Pred Fail")

("Starting")

("Stopping")

("Service")

("Stressed")

("NonRecover")

("No Contact")

("Lost Comm")

("Stopped")

StatusDescriptions

Data type: string array

Access type: Read-only

Qualifiers: ArrayType ("Indexed"), ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_ManagedSystemElement.OperationalStatus")

Strings describing the various OperationalStatus array values. For example, if "Stopping" is the value assigned to OperationalStatus, then this property may contain an explanation as to why an object is being stopped. Note that entries in this array are correlated with those at the same array index in OperationalStatus.

This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.

TimeOfLastStateChange

Data type: datetime

Access type: Read-only

Indicates when the enabled state of the element last changed. If the state of the element has not changed and this property is populated, then it must be set to a 0 interval value. If a state change was requested, but rejected or not yet processed, the property must not be updated.

This method is inherited from CIM_EnabledLogicalElement.

Requirements
Minimum supported client
 Windows Vista
Minimum supported server
 Windows Server 2008
Namespace
 Root\hardware
MOF
IpmiPrv.mof
DLL
IpmiPrv.dll

See also

CIM_RecordLog

IPMI Provider