Login Dialog Box

The login dialog box is displayed when you first encounter CIM WorkShop. In the login dialog box, you specify the following:

• Host on which the CIM Object Manager is running and which contains the namespace you want to use

• Namespace in which you want to work

• Your user name

• Your password

• Transfer protocol

If you do not specify a user name and password, you log in to CIM WorkShop as a guest. Guest privileges are read-only.

By default, CIM WorkShop uses the RMI protocol to connect to the CIM Object Manager on the local host, in the default namespace, root\cimv2. You can select HTTP if you want to communicate to a CIM Object Manager using the standard XML/HTTP protocol from the Desktop Management Task Force. When a connection is established, all classes contained in the default namespace are displayed in the left side of the CIM WorkShop window.