Common Information Model (CIM) Standards
CIM provides a common definition of management information for systems, networks, applications and services, and allows for vendor extensions. CIM's common definitions enable vendors to exchange semantically rich management information between systems throughout the network.
CIM is composed of a Specification and a Schema. The Schema provides the actual model descriptions, while the Specification defines the details for integration with other management models.
CIM 2.24.0 simultaneously releases to the public both an "Experimental" and a "Final" version of the schema. This provides DMTF members and end users with early access to experimental parts of the models. In addition, new versions of CIM are now released more frequently on a regularly scheduled basis allowing users greater access and the ability to plan accordingly.
As part of CIM 2.24.0, a number of enhancements and additions are introduced throughout the Schema, including ongoing improvements to support product and alliance partners and to support DMTF Profiles and Management Initiatives. Examples include updates to BIOS, printers, standard messages, operating system state, modern power management paradigms, virtualization and security. In addition, it should be noted that this latest CIM Schema is built automatically for the DMTF. All of the change requests for the CIM 2.24.0 were applied programmatically, instead of by hand.
Please keep in mind that Experimental elements may change in a backward incompatible way. Contributions to the CIM schema have been made possible through the DMTF Alliance Partnerships with The Green Grid (TGG), the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and the Open Grid Forum (OGF).
The DMTF welcomes feedback on our standards, but requires that individuals submitting comments first agree to our DMTF Feedback Policy.
CIM Schema and Specifications
| DSP Number |
Spec Name |
Version |
Date Released |
State
of this release |
Comments |
| CIM Schema |
2.24.0 |
20 January 2010 |
Release
Notes |
||
| CIM Schema |
2.23.0 |
22 October 2009 |
Release
Notes |
||
| CIM Schema |
2.22.1 |
22 October 2009 |
Release
Notes |
||
| CIM Schema |
2.21.0 |
19 March 2009 |
Release
Notes |
||
| CIM Schema |
2.20.1 |
16 February 2009 |
Release
Notes |
||
| 0004 |
CIM
Infrastructure
Specification |
2.5 (pdf,
1.1Mb) |
01 May 2009 |
DMTF Standard | |
| 0004 |
CIM
Infrastructure
Specification |
2.4 (pdf,
1.32Mb) |
11 Nov 2007 |
Preliminary | |
| 0004 |
CIM
Infrastructure
Specification |
2.3
(pdf, 1.32Mb) |
04 Oct 2005 |
Final | |
| 0004 |
CIM
Infrastructure
Specification |
2.3
(pdf, 2Mb) |
14 Oct 2004 |
Preliminary | Superseded by 2.3
Final |
| 0105 |
CIM Compliance
Specification |
1.1
(pdf, 105k) |
15 Dec 2003 |
Final |
|
| 0007 |
CIM Specification | 2.2.2
(pdf, 140k) |
Addenda |
Superseded by 2.3 Preliminary | |
| 0005 |
CIM Specification | 2.2.1
(pdf, 24k) |
Addenda |
Supplemented by 2.1.2 Addenda | |
| 0004 |
CIM Specification | 2.2 (pdf, 556k) |
14 Jun 1999 |
Final |
Supplemented by 2.1.1 Addenda |
| Bold items are current releases | |||||
CIM Related Tools
These tools are free to use for the development of products using DMTF Standards and Specifications. View the CIM/WBEM Tools (Members Only).
- SNIA's SMI-S CIM Miner
- Nortel Networks mof2html converter
- Oracle Pretty Printer for MOF
- Microsoft MOF Editor
- WBEMSource
- Intel CIM Compatabilty Checker