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+from pinecone.core.openapi.control.models import (
+    IndexModel as OpenApiIndexModel,
+    IndexModelStatus,
+    IndexModelSpec,
+    ServerlessSpec,
+    DeletionProtection,
+)
+from pinecone.models import IndexModel
+
+class TestIndexModel:
+    def test_index_model(self):
+        openapi_model = OpenApiIndexModel(
+            name="test-index-1",
+            dimension=2,
+            metric="cosine",
+            host="https://test-index-1.pinecone.io",
+            status=IndexModelStatus(ready=True, state="Ready"),
+            deletion_protection=DeletionProtection("enabled"),
+            spec=IndexModelSpec(serverless=ServerlessSpec(cloud="aws", region="us-west-1"))
+        )
+        
+        wrapped = IndexModel(openapi_model)
+
+        assert wrapped.name == "test-index-1"
+        assert wrapped.dimension == 2
+        assert wrapped.metric == "cosine"
+        assert wrapped.host == "https://test-index-1.pinecone.io"
+        assert wrapped.status.ready == True
+        assert wrapped.status.state == "Ready"
+        assert wrapped.deletion_protection == "enabled"
+
+        assert wrapped['name'] == "test-index-1"
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