How Storwize V3700 concepts map to CIM concepts

To administer the Storwize® V3700 through the CIM object manager (CIMOM), it is important to understand the relationship between Storwize V3700 and Common Information Model (CIM) concepts.

Table 1 shows how these concepts relate to one another.
Table 1. Relating Storwize V3700 concepts to CIM concepts
Storwize V3700 concept CIM
CIM name CIM concept
System IBMTSSVC_Cluster Class
SystemName ElementName Property
System ID Name Property
VDisk IBMTSSVC_StorageVolume Class
VDisk ID DeviceID Property
FlashCopy® Consistency Group (regular) IBMTSSVC_FlashCopyStorageSynchronizedSet Class
FlashCopy Consistency Group (autodelete) IBMTSSVC_CloneCopyStorageSynchronizedSet Class
FlashCopy Mapping IBMTSSVC_LocalStorageSynchronized Association
FlashCopy Mapping Status SyncState Property
mkfcmap AttachReplica Method
preparefcmap ModifySynchronization Method
startfcmap ModifySynchronization Method
mdisk IBMTSSVC_BackendVolume Class
mdiskgrp IBMTSSVC_ConcreteStoragePool Class
mkvdisk CreateOrModifyElementFromStoragePool Method
mkmdiskgrp CreateOrModifyStoragePool Method
rmvdisk ReturnToStoragePool Method
rmmdiskgrp DeleteStoragePool Method
Host (with regard to ports) IBMTSSVC_StorageHardwareID Class
Host (with regard to volume (VDisk) mapping) IBMTSSVC_ProtocolController Class
mkvdiskhostmap ExposePaths Method
rmvdiskhostmap HidePaths Method
mkhost CreateStorageHardwareID Method
rmhost DeleteStorageHardwareID Method
DiskDrive IBMTSSVC_DiskDrive Class
Array IBMTSSVC_Array Class
mkarray CreateOrModifyElementFromElements Method
charray CreateOrModifyElementFromElements Method
rmarray DeleteArray Method
Enclosure IBMTSSVC_Enclosure Class