Preface
Intended Audience
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The CIMAgent is the primary focus of this manual which is organized as follows:
This preface describes the intended audience for this manual, related
materials, and technical support.
Section 1 describes how to use Switch Management and its classes.
Section 2 describes how to use Fabric Discovery.
Section 3 describes how to use Fabric Zoning.
Section 4 describes how to use Server Support.
Section 5 describes how to use Indication Support.
An appendix and index are also provided.
Intended Audience
The primary audience for this document is software developers building a
management client for QLogic switches. The reader is expected to be familiar with
the SMI-Specification (rev 1.1) and have access to the referenced DMTF MOF
files. A secondary audience may use this document as a reference to the
CIMAgent capabilities.
Related Materials
Refer to the following manuals for information about switch hardware and
installation.
SNIA, Storage Management Initiative Specification, version 1.1.0
DMTF, CIM Specification, version 2.3
DMTF, CIM Operations over HTTP, v1.2, DSP0200
DMTF, Representation of CIM in XML, v2.2, DSP0201
DMTF, CIM Schema 2.10
Network Working Group, Service Location Protocol, version 2, RFC 2608
QLogic Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guides