December 5-8, 2005, Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA CimNavigator Andy Abendschein DuskFire, Inc.

December 5-8, 2005, Santa Clara Marriott, Santa Clara, CA

CimNavigator

Andy Abendschein

DuskFire, Inc.

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Outline

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

Introduction

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Introduction

• Thanks to Vidiom Systems!

• What is CimNavigator?– A tool that can be used to graphically explore and

manipulate CIM object spaces

• Why did I write CimNavigator?– 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?)

Design assumptions

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Design Assumptions

• People typically work with some subset of CIM classes–Specify frequently-used classes–Node display customization

Specify properties used for node decorationSpecify Icon used for class displaySpecify Icon used for instance display in

tree and in graph–Association traversal depth specifiable

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 inspectionProperties

– 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 DSP0107.

Essential features

Create filter

Essential features

Create filter

Essential features

Create filter

Essential features

Create handler

Essential features

Create handler

Essential features

• Create handler

Essential features

Indications

Essential features

Indications

Essential features

Indications

Essential features

Indications

Essential features

Indications

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

Features for system modelers

Derive new class

Features for system modelers

Derive new class

Features for system modelers

Derive new class

Features for system modelers

Derive new class

Features for system modelers

Edit instance of new class

Features for system modelers

Save classes & instances to a file (either MOF or XML)

Load MOF files too

Features for provider developers

Features for provider developers

• Perform WQL queries• Associators• References• Enumerate instances

Features for provider developers

WQL queries

Features for provider developers

Associators, References, and Enumerate instance operations are handled using a set of ‘wizard dialogs’

Features for provider developers

Select any desired constraints.

Features for provider developers

Select any (or all) properties to be included in the returned objects.

Features for provider developers

Request results

Questions?

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