A logical element that aggregates an enumerable set of managed system elements. The aggregation operates as an functional whole. Within any particular subclass of CIM_System, there is a well-defined list of CIM_ManagedSystemElement classes whose instances must be aggregated.
CIM_System - child subclasses in ROOT\MicrosoftNLB\ms_409
'The CreationClassName property indicates the name of the class or the subclass used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of this class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be uniquely identified.'
'The CIM_System object and its derivatives are top level objects of CIM. They provide the scope for numerous components. Having unique system keys is required. A heuristic can be defined in individual system subclasses to attempt to always generate the same system name key. The NameFormat property identifies how the system name was generated, using the subclass' heuristic.'
'The InstallDate property is a datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.'
'The Status property is a string indicating the current status of the object. Various operational and non-operational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses are "OK", "Degraded" and "Pred Fail". "Pred Fail" indicates that an element may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future. An example is a SMART-enabled hard drive. Non-operational statuses can also be specified. These are "Error", "Starting", "Stopping" and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is on-line, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.'
'A logical element that aggregates an enumerable set of managed system elements. The aggregation operates as an functional whole. Within any particular subclass of CIM_System, there is a well-defined list of CIM_ManagedSystemElement classes whose instances must be aggregated.'