Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 53)

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Diagnostics: Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI and CDM
Providers User Guide
Diagnostic Classes
Registry Entries
Logging
Associative Classes
Tests
Diagnostic Classes
IANet_DiagTest
Purpose
IANet_DiagTest is subclassed from CIM_DiagnosticTest. The class provides a generic vehicle to run and control diagnostic
tests for an Intel® PROSet supported Ethernet adapter. The superclass, CIM_DiagnosticTest, is designed to generically
support the testing of any computer hardware on a CIM enabled system. Properties of the class are descriptive in nature and
the mechanics of the testing are provided by the exposed methods.
Instances
Key is Name and in this provider it is the concatenation of a numeric index of the test at the GUID of the referenced adapter
(e.g. 1@{12345678-9ABC-DEF0-1234-123456789012}). This key value is, in one sense, redundant information, as all
information to reference an adapter and test is passed as object parameters to the RunTest and other methods. Still, the
instance must be consistent with parameters to the method or the provider will reject the command. The caption property
provides the name of the test that this instance will run. Other properties provide other description and run-time information.
Creating Instances
You cannot create instances of IANet_DiagTest.
Deleting Instances
You cannot delete instances of IANet_DiagTest.
Modifying Properties
There are no user-modifiable properties for this class.
Associations
An instance of IANet_DiagTestForMSE associates an IANet_DiagTest with an IANet_ManagedSystemElement. The
IANet_ManagedSystemElement will be an IANet_EthernetAdapter instance.
An instance of IANet_DiagResultForTest associates an IANet_DiagTest with an IANet_DiagnosticResult instance.
An instance of IANetDiagSettingForTest associates an IANet_DiagTest with an IANet_DiagSetting.
Unsupported Properties
Install Date, OtherCharacteristicDescription
Methods
This class supports the following methods:
RunTest — Runs a test as defined by three parameters referencing:
SystemElement — defines the adapter, which we are to run the test on by referring to an instance of
SystemElement, which will always be the subclass IANet_EthernetAdapter.
Setting — defines the test to be run, and the manner in which it is run by referring to an instance of
CIM_DiagnosticSetting, which will always be the subclass IANet_DiagSetting.
DiagnosticResult — defines an instance of the class CIM_DiagnosticResult, which will always be the class
IANet_DiagResult.
DiscontinueTest — Attempts to stop a diagnostic test in progress as defined by two parameters referencing
CIM_ManagedSystemElement and CIM_DiagnosticResult. These parameters function the same as RunTest. A third
parameter TestingStopped returns a BOOLEAN value, which indicates if the command was successful in stopping the
test.
ClearResults — Clears test results using parameters:
SystemElement
ResultsNotCleared
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