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Ethernet adapter schema, Overview, Ianet_ethernetadapter – Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters User Manual

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The Ethernet Adapter Schema: Intel® PRO Network Adapters

WMI and CDM Providers User Guide

Overview

IANet_EthernetAdapter

IANet_IPProtocolEndpoint

IANet_BootAgent

IANet_PCIDevice

IANet_EthernetPCIDevice

Overview

The adapter schema is used to model the various configurable Intel® PROSet Ethernet Adapters. This schema is based on the

CIM v2.5 schema.

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IANet_EthernetAdapter

Purpose

IANet_EthernetAdapter defines the capabilities and status of all the installed Intel PRO network adapters as well as any other

adapters that can be teamed using Intel intermediate drivers. The class is derived from the CIM_EthernetAdapter superclass

defined in CIMv2.5. CIM_EthernetAdapter is derived from CIM_NetworkAdapter, an abstract class defining general networking

hardware concepts, such as PermanentAddress, CurrentAddress, Speed of operation, etc.

Instances

Instances of this class will exist for each of the following:

Supported and installed Intel NICs

Non-Intel NICs that can participate in an Intel multi-vendor team

Created Intel adapter team

Creating Instances

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