Win32_SystemSlot class
The Win32_SystemSlot WMI class represents physical connection points including ports, motherboard slots and peripherals, and proprietary connection points.
The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties. Properties are listed in alphabetic order, not MOF order.
Syntax
[Dynamic, Provider("CIMWin32"), UUID("{FAF76B91-798C-11D2-AAD1-006008C78BC7}"), AMENDMENT]
class Win32_SystemSlot : CIM_Slot
{
uint32 BusNumber;
string Caption;
string ConnectorPinout;
uint16 ConnectorType[];
string CreationClassName;
uint16 CurrentUsage;
string Description;
uint32 DeviceNumber;
uint32 FunctionNumber;
real32 HeightAllowed;
datetime InstallDate;
real32 LengthAllowed;
string Manufacturer;
uint16 MaxDataWidth;
string Model;
string Name;
uint16 Number;
string OtherIdentifyingInfo;
string PartNumber;
boolean PMESignal;
boolean PoweredOn;
string PurposeDescription;
uint32 SegmentGroupNumber;
string SerialNumber;
boolean Shared;
string SKU;
string SlotDesignation;
boolean SpecialPurpose;
string Status;
boolean SupportsHotPlug;
string Tag;
uint32 ThermalRating;
uint16 VccMixedVoltageSupport[];
string Version;
uint16 VppMixedVoltageSupport[];
};
Members
The Win32_SystemSlot class has these types of members:
Properties
The Win32_SystemSlot class has these properties.
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BusNumber
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Data type: uint32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Bus Number")
SMBIOS Bus Number.
This value comes from the Bus Number member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: This property is not supported before Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
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Caption
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (64), DisplayName ("Caption")
Short description of an object—a one-line string.
This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.
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ConnectorPinout
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
Free-form string that describes the pin configuration and signal usage of a physical connector.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalConnector.
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ConnectorType
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Data type: uint16 array
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: Override ("ConnectorType"), MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Slot Type")
Array of physical attributes of the connector that this slot uses.
This value comes from the Slot Type member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalConnector.
The possible values are.
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Unknown (0)
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Other (1)
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Male (2)
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Female (3)
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Shielded (4)
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Unshielded (5)
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SCSI (A) High-Density (50 pins) (6)
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SCSI (A) Low-Density (50 pins) (7)
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SCSI (P) High-Density (68 pins) (8)
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SCSI SCA-I (80 pins) (9)
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SCSI SCA-II (80 pins) (10)
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SCSI Fibre Channel (DB-9, Copper) (11)
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SCSI Fibre Channel (Fibre) (12)
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SCSI Fibre Channel SCA-II (40 pins) (13)
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SCSI Fibre Channel SCA-II (20 pins) (14)
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SCSI Fibre Channel BNC (15)
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ATA 3-1/2 Inch (40 pins) (16)
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ATA 2-1/2 Inch (44 pins) (17)
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ATA-2 (18)
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ATA-3 (19)
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ATA/66 (20)
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DB-9 (21)
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DB-15 (22)
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DB-25 (23)
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DB-36 (24)
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RS-232C (25)
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RS-422 (26)
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RS-423 (27)
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RS-485 (28)
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RS-449 (29)
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V.35 (30)
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X.21 (31)
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IEEE-488 (32)
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AUI (33)
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UTP Category 3 (34)
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UTP Category 4 (35)
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UTP Category 5 (36)
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BNC (37)
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RJ11 (38)
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RJ45 (39)
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Fiber MIC (40)
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Apple AUI (41)
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Apple GeoPort (42)
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PCI (43)
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ISA (44)
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EISA (45)
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VESA (46)
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PCMCIA (47)
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PCMCIA Type I (48)
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PCMCIA Type II (49)
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PCMCIA Type III (50)
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ZV Port (51)
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CardBus (52)
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USB (53)
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IEEE 1394 (54)
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HIPPI (55)
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HSSDC (6 pins) (56)
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GBIC (57)
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DIN (58)
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Mini-DIN (59)
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Micro-DIN (60)
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PS/2 (61)
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Infrared (62)
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HP-HIL (63)
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Access.bus (64)
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NuBus (65)
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Centronics (66)
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Mini-Centronics (67)
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Mini-Centronics Type-14 (68)
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Mini-Centronics Type-20 (69)
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Mini-Centronics Type-26 (70)
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Bus Mouse (71)
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ADB (72)
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AGP (73)
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VME Bus (74)
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VME64 (75)
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Proprietary (76)
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Proprietary Processor Card Slot (77)
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Proprietary Memory Card Slot (78)
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Proprietary I/O Riser Slot (79)
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PCI-66MHZ (80)
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AGP2X (81)
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AGP4X (82)
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PC-98 (83)
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PC-98-Hireso (84)
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PC-H98 (85)
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PC-98Note (86)
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PC-98Full (87)
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PCI-X (88)
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Sbus IEEE 1396-1993 32 bit (89)
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Sbus IEEE 1396-1993 64 bit (90)
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MCA (91)
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GIO (92)
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XIO (93)
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HIO (94)
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NGIO (95)
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PMC (96)
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Future I/O (97)
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InfiniBand (98)
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AGP8X (99)
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PCI-E (100)
CreationClassName
Name of the first concrete class that appears in the inheritance chain used in the creation of an instance. When used with the other key properties of a class, this property allows all instances of this class and its subclasses to be identified uniquely.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
CurrentUsage
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Data type: uint16
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Current Usage")
Status of system slot use.
This value comes from the Current Usage member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
The possible values are.
Reserved (0)
Other (1)
Unknown (2)
Available (3)
In use (4)
Description
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: DisplayName ("Description")
Description of the object.
This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.
DeviceNumber
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Data type: uint32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Device Number")
SMBIOS Device Number.
This value comes from the Device/Function Number member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: This property is not supported before Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
FunctionNumber
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Data type: uint32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Function Number")
SMBIOS Function Number.
This value comes from the Device/Function Number member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: This property is not supported before Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
HeightAllowed
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Data type: real32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: Units ("inches")
Maximum height of an adapter card that can be inserted into the slot—in inches.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
InstallDate
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Data type: datetime
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|ComponentID|001.5"), DisplayName ("Install Date")
Date and time the object is installed. This property does not need a value to indicate that the object is installed.
This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.
LengthAllowed
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Data type: real32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: Units ("inches")
Maximum length of an adapter card that can be inserted into the slot—in inches.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
Manufacturer
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (256)
Name of the organization that produces the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
MaxDataWidth
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Data type: uint16
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: Override ("MaxDataWidth"), MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|System Slot|004.3"), Units ("bits")
Maximum bus width of adapter cards that can be inserted into this slot—in bits. This can be one of the following values.
This value comes from the Slot Data Bus Width member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
The possible values are.
8 (0)
Maximum data width (bits): 8
16 (1)
Maximum data width (bits): 16
32 (2)
Maximum data width (bits): 32
64 (3)
Maximum data width (bits): 64
128 (4)
Maximum data width (bits): 128
Model
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)
Name for the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
Name
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: DisplayName ("Name")
Label for the object. When subclassed, this property can be overridden to be a key property.
This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.
Number
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Data type: uint16
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Access type: Read-only
Physical slot number that can be used as an index into a system slot table, whether or not that slot is physically empty.
This value comes from the Slot ID member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
OtherIdentifyingInfo
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
Additional data (that is, more than the asset tag information), that can be used to identify a physical element. One example is bar code data associated with an element that also has an asset tag. Note that if only bar code data is available, and it is unique or can be used as an element key, this property is NULL, and the bar code data is used as the class key in the Tag property.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
PartNumber
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (256)
Part number that the producer or manufacturer assigns to the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
PMESignal
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Data type: boolean
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Slot Characteristics 2")
If TRUE, the PCI bus Power Management Enabled (PME) signal is supported by this slot.
This value comes from the Slot Characteristics 2 member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
PoweredOn
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Data type: boolean
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Access type: Read-only
If TRUE, the physical element is powered on.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
PurposeDescription
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_Slot.SpecialPurpose")
Free-form string that describes how this slot is physically unique and may hold special types of hardware. This property only has meaning when the corresponding property SpecialPurpose is TRUE.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
SegmentGroupNumber
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Data type: uint32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Segment Group Number")
SMBIOS Segment Group Number.
This value comes from the Segment Group Number member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: This property is not supported before Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016.
SerialNumber
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)
Manufacturer-allocated number used to identify the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
Shared
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Data type: boolean
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Slot Characteristics 1")
If TRUE, two or more slots share a location on the baseboard, such as a PCI/EISA shared slot.
This value comes from the Slot Characteristics 1 member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
SKU
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)
Stockkeeping unit number for the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
SlotDesignation
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("SMBIOS|Type 9|Slot Designation")
SMBIOS string that identifies the system slot designation of the slot on the motherboard.
Example: "PCI-1"
This value comes from the Slot Designation member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
SpecialPurpose
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Data type: boolean
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: ModelCorrespondence ("CIM_Slot.PurposeDescription")
If TRUE, this slot is physically unique and may hold special types of hardware, such as a graphics processor slot. If TRUE, then PurposeDescription should specify the nature of the uniqueness or purpose of the slot.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
Status
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (10), DisplayName ("Status")
Current status of the object. Various operational and nonoperational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses include: "OK", "Degraded", and "Pred Fail" (an element, such as a SMART-enabled hard disk drive, may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future). Nonoperational statuses include: "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 online, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.
This property is inherited from CIM_ManagedSystemElement.
The possible values are.
OK ("OK")
Error ("Error")
Degraded ("Degraded")
Unknown ("Unknown")
Pred Fail ("Pred Fail")
Starting ("Starting")
Stopping ("Stopping")
Service ("Service")
Stressed ("Stressed")
NonRecover ("NonRecover")
No Contact ("No Contact")
Lost Comm ("Lost Comm")
SupportsHotPlug
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Data type: boolean
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Access type: Read-only
If TRUE, the slot supports hot-plugging of adapter cards.
This value comes from the Slot Characteristics 2 member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
Tag
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: Key, MaxLen (256), Override ("Tag"), MappingStrings ("WMI")
System slot represented by an instance of this class.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
Example: "System Slot 1"
ThermalRating
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Data type: uint32
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|System Slot|004.11"), Units ("milliwatts")
Maximum thermal dissipation of the slot in milliwatts.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
VccMixedVoltageSupport
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Data type: uint16 array
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|System Slot|004.9")
Array of enumerated integers indicating the Vcc voltage supported by this slot.
This value comes from the Slot Characteristics 1 member of the System Slots structure in the SMBIOS information.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
The possible values are.
Unknown (0)
Other (1)
3.3V (2)
5V (3)
Version
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Data type: string
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MaxLen (64)
Version of the physical element.
This property is inherited from CIM_PhysicalElement.
VppMixedVoltageSupport
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Data type: uint16 array
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Access type: Read-only
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Qualifiers: MappingStrings ("MIF.DMTF|System Slot|004.10")
Array of enumerated integers indicating the Vpp voltage supported by this slot.
This property is inherited from CIM_Slot.
The possible values are.
Unknown (0)
Other (1)
3.3V (2)
5V (3)
12V (4)
Remarks
The Win32_SystemSlot class is derived from CIM_Slot.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
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| Minimum supported client |
Windows Vista |
| Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2008 |
| Namespace |
Root\CIMV2 |
| MOF |
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| DLL |
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See also
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