Reference Guide

Property Description
IdentifyingDescriptions
An array of free-form strings providing
explanations and details behind the entries in the
OtherIdentifyingInfo array. Note that each entry of
this array is related to the entry in
OtherIdentifyingInfo that is located at the same
index.
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 that when
EnabledState is set to 5 (Not Applicable), then this
property has no meaning. Refer to the
EnabledState property description for explanations
of the values in the RequestedState enumeration.
Unknown (0) indicates the last requested state for
the element is unknown.
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
• 2 = Enabled
• 3 = Disabled
• 4 = Shut Down
• 5 = No Change
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