Ports Attribute Class

This class contains information about a specific port on a client computer system. This class is not included in a default hardware inventory operation.

Table C.38 Ports Attribute Class (SMS_G_System_PORT)

Property
(Bold if collected)
Data
type

Example

Notes
Aliasuint321Indicates whether this instance of the class represents the base port address or one of the aliased ranges.
Values are:
1=True
0=False

If the value is True, the instance represents the base port address.

Captionstring"0x03F8-0x03FF"Describes the object.
Descriptionstring"0x03F8-0x03FF"Describes the object.
EndingAddressuint32"0x400"Indicates the ending address of memory-mapped I/O.
GroupIDuint322Within one ResourceId (one SMS client), GroupID distinguishes one instance of a class from another. Objects with the same ResourceId and GroupID are “deltas” of one another, describing the same hardware inventory instance at different points in time. This is not a collectable property.
InstallDatedatetimeSee “Date and Time Formats” at the beginning of Appendix B.Indicates when the object was installed. The absence of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.
Namestring"0x03F8-0x03FF"Defines the label that the object is known by. Maximum length is 256 characters.
ResourceIduint3242Key. Inventory items with the same ResourceId were all discovered on the same SMS client. The ResourceId identifies the SMS client.

A ResourceId is an integer generated for the sake of SQL; it is not unique outside the site and should be used only for short-term querying purposes. It is not a collectable property.

RevisionIDuint321Objects with the same ResourceId and GroupID are deltas, differentiated from one another by RevisionID number. The highest number is the most recent update. This is not a collectable property.
StartingAddressuint32"0x3F8"Hexstring. Represents part of the object’s key value, the starting address of memory-mapped I/O.
Statusstring"OK"Indicates the current status of the object.

Values are:
OK
Error
Degraded
Unknown

TimeStampdatetimeSee “Date and Time Formats” at the beginning of Appendix B.Indicates when the information in this object was last revised. This is not a collectable property.