Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1149)

CIM Provider Package Installation Guide P010091-01A Rev. A
1. Introduction
Supported Platforms
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1. Introduction
The Emulex
®
CIM Provider enables comprehensive management of Emulex host bus
adapters (HBAs), converged fabric adapters (CFAs), and universal converged network
adapters (UCNAs). It uses an industry standard Application Programming Interface
(API) Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI v2.0) to manage various
Emulex adapters.
During installation, the Emulex CIM Provider registers with a Web-based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) server running a CIM Object Manager (CIMOM) service. It then
internally communicates with the Emulex management API/drivers and handles
inquiries and requests from various CIM clients.
Emulex provides the following two CIM Providers:

Emulex UCNA CIM Provider – supports the basic UCNA (FCoE, iSCSI, and
NIC) profile.

Emulex FC HBA CIM Provider – supports the basic inventory and active
management of Fibre Channel (FC) adapters.
Note: The CIM Provider is also supported on Emulex LPe16202 CFAs. If the CFA is in
FC mode, it functions as an FC adapter. If it is in FCoE+NIC mode, it functions
as a UCNA.
Supported Platforms
Table 1-1 shows the platforms supported with the Emulex CIM Provider Kits.
Supported CIM Provider Profiles
Emulex UCNAs and FC HBAs

Profile Registration – DMTF DSP1033

Software Inventory – DMTF DSP1023
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Host Discovered Resources – SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 6 Clause 7

FCoE Initiator Ports – SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 2 Clause 22

Software Update – DMTF DSP1025
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Record Log – DMTF DSP1010
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Access Points – SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 2 Clause 23

Physical Package – SNIA SMI-S 1.5 Part 2 Clause 31
Table 1-1 Emulex CIM Provider Supported Platforms
Operating Systems Emulex CIM Provider Kits
VMware ESXi 5.5 vmware-esx-provider-emulex-cim-provider-5.5.0-<kit version>.zip
VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 vmware-esx-provider-emulex-cim-provider-50.<kit version>.zip