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December 5 -8, 2005, Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA Cim. Navigator Andy Abendschein Dusk. Fire, Inc.

Outline • • Introduction Design assumptions Essential features Features for students Features for system modelers Features for provider developers Q/A 2

Introduction

Introduction • Thanks to Vidiom Systems! • What is Cim. Navigator? – A tool that can be used to graphically explore and manipulate CIM object spaces • Why did I write Cim. Navigator? – Interest in OO technologies – Desire to understand CIM/WBEM – Belief that CIM/WBEM usage will expand to other disciplines – Desire to demonstrate my understanding of CIM/WBEM (possible employment? ) 4

Design assumptions

Design Assumptions • People typically work with some subset of CIM classes –Specify frequently-used classes –Node display customization Specify properties used for node decoration Specify Icon used for class display Specify Icon used for instance display in tree and in graph –Association traversal depth specifiable 6

Design Assumptions • UI should be simple, simple to use, and 'fun' to use – Liberal use of right-click context menus – Drag-n-drop used wherever it makes sense • UI should function in a consistent manner – Properties, method arguments, and Indication sources are all handled in the same manner • UI should be useful to both novices and experts

Design Assumptions • UI should be able to execute on just about any computer system (implies Java) • UI should provide a ‘rich’ user experience (implies ‘thick’ client) • UI should have plenty of on-line documentation

Design Assumptions (cont. )

Essential features

Essential features Specify CIMOM

Essential features CIMOMs found via SLP

Essential features Class inspection – Parent class – Qualifiers (including key, required, values/value maps, etc. ) – Properties – Methods (instance and static)

Essential features Class inspection

Essential features Instance inspection Properties – View – edit non-key properties – Identify required properties – Qualifiers (including key, required, values/value maps, etc. )

Essential features Instance properties

Essential features Property editor

Essential features Instance creation

Essential features New instance editor

Essential features Delete Instance

Essential features Method invocation

Essential features Argument editor

Essential features Association discovery

Essential features Association layout

Essential features Association creation

Essential features Indication support Use indication ‘wizard’ dialog to create subscription Image stolen from DMTF document DSP 0107.

Essential features Create filter

Essential features Create handler

Essential features • Create handler

Essential features Indications

Essential features Manage namespaces

Features for students

Features for students • 'Non-threatening' way to explore CIM/WBEM • No need to learn cryptic CIMOM-specific command line tools • Class search • Class browser provides the ability to browse for classes within the CIM class hierarchy • Complex operations implemented as step-wise dialogs (e. g. indication subscription creation, associators, references, enumerate instances) • Most dialogs include succinct instructions to help user

Features for students (cont. ) Class search: • Specify class • Search CIMOM? • Make persistent?

Features for students (cont. ) Browse classes (new feature)

Features for system modelers

Features for system modelers • Define classes in CIMOM (properties & qualifiers, not methods) • Delete classes • Import classes/instances via MOF files • Export classes/instances via MOF files