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Property Description
NOTE: If the ProtocolIFType is set to 1 (Other), then the type
information should be provided in the OtherTypeDescription
string property.
RequestedState
An integer enumeration that indicates the last requested or desired
state for the element, irrespective of the mechanism through which
it was requested. The actual state of the element is represented by
EnabledState. This property is provided to compare the last
requested and current enabled or disabled states.
NOTE: When EnabledState is set to 5 (Not Applicable), then
this property has no meaning. See the EnabledState property
description for explanations of the values in the
RequestedState enumeration.
NOTE: The value No Change (5) has been deprecated instead
of indicating the last requested state is Unknown (0). If the last
requested or desired state is unknown, RequestedState should
have the value Unknown (0), but may have the value No
Change (5).
There are two new values in RequestedState that build on the
statuses of EnabledState. These are Reboot (10) and Reset (11).
Shut Down requests an orderly transition to the Disabled state, and
may involve removing power, to completely erase any existing
state. The Disabled state requests an immediate disabling of the
element, such that it will not execute or accept any commands or
processing requests. This property is set as the result of a method
invocation (such as Start or StopService on CIM_Service), or can be
overridden and defined as WRITEable in a subclass. The method
approach is considered superior to a WRITEable property, because
it allows an explicit invocation of the operation and the return of a
result code. If knowledge of the last RequestedState is not
supported for the EnabledLogicalElement, the property is NULL or
has the value 12 Not Applicable.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown — Indicates the last requested state for the
element is unknown.
• 2 = Enabled
• 3 = Disabled
• 4 = Shut Down
• 5 = No Change
• 6 = Offline — Indicates that the element has been requested to
transition to the Enabled but Offline EnabledState.
• 7 = Test
• 8 = Deferred
• 9 = Quiesce
• 10 = Reboot — Refers to performing a Shut Down and then
moving to an Enabled state.
• 11 = Reset — Indicates that the element is first Disabled and
then Enabled.
• 12 = Not Applicable
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