Patent ID: 8387069

Claim:
An information handling system, comprising: a processor operable to perform processing logic operations; a plurality of managed elements referenced to a common information model (CIM) schema, wherein said CIM schema comprises CIM classes and CIM subclasses; a common-information-model object manager (CIMOM) operable to provide system management information to a CIM client, wherein said system management information is associated with said plurality of managed elements; and a system manager comprising processing logic operable to define extension abstract classes comprising multiple inheritance associations, wherein: said multiple inheritance associations represent logical representations between a plurality of entities; said multiple inheritance associations are used by said extension abstract classes to reference said CIM classes, wherein predetermined CIM subclasses of said managed elements comprise properties defined by two or more of said CIM classes; and said CIMOM uses said multiple inheritance associations to provide said system management information to said CIM client.