Excellent Question! There are several options, some require advanced skills.
These first three are easy to install and get started with:
StorageIM is an open-source browser with support for many SMI-S profiles:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/storageim/
CIM Navigator is a generic CIM browser that is a favorite with newcomers. It has a fee, but a small one.
The WBEM Services CIMOM package also includes a browser.
http://wbemservices.sourceforge.net/
Other options:
UltimateCIM is a CIM browser implemented as an Eclipse plug-in:
https://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=32259&group_id=160234
There is a Java-based browser in the Pegasus CVS repository, but it is not included in the usual Pegasus distributions.
http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pegasus-JavaCIMClient/
YAWN is browser installed under Apache web server.
http://pywbem.wiki.sourceforge.net/YAWN
WBEM Solutions (WSI) commercial SDK includes a browser.
Solaris includes a CIM browser.
Paul
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