The CIM_System object and its derivatives are top level objects of CIM. They provide the scope for numerous components. Having ...

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.