This class represents the unique characteristics of the physical hardware as recognized by the z/OS operating system running on that hardware (the inband view). On most platforms these are the characteristics of the main board, and therefore, the name IBM_BaseBoard was chosen for this class. Instances of this class are either identified by a unique ID that was assigned to the main board (property UUID) or by the combination of manufacturer, model and serial number. The major purpose of this class is to provide the ability to determine which instances of computer systems are running on the same physical hardware.

The z/OS specific subclass is IBMzOS_BaseBoard (see IBMzOS_BaseBoard).

The following properties are common for eServer™:

string Caption

Always returns ‘Base Board’.

string Description

Always returns ‘A class derived from Card to deliver the systems base board hardware information.’

string ElementName

Same as property Tag.

string Tag [key]

A combination of manufacturer, model and serial number in the following format: manufacturer:model:serialnumber.

string CreationClassName [key]

Always returns ‘IBMzOS_BaseBoard’.

string SerialNumber

IBM® allocated number used to identify the CEC.

string Model

The model number of the CEC, for example ‘314’.

string Manufacturer

The name of the company that produced the CEC.

string PartNumber

Not supported for z/OS.

boolean HostingBoard

Always returns TRUE, indicating that this card is a main board.

string UUID

The unique ID assigned to the main board. For z/OS, no value is supplied for this property, but it is maintained for compatibility with the other IBM eServer platforms.