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BIOS and Boot Management Profile
1 Scope
The BIOS and Boot Management Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by
adding the capability to represent the configuration of the system BIOS setup and to manage the boot of
the system. The system BIOS setup is modeled with multiple attributes that allow configuration of the
BIOS.
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
2.1 Approved References
DMTF DSP1033, Profile Registration Profile 1.0.0
DMTF DSP1061, Management Profile 1.0.0
DMTF DSP0200, CIM Operations over HTTP 1.2.0
DMTF DSP0004, CIM Infrastructure Specification 2.3.0
DMTF DSP1000, Management Profile Specification Template
DMTF DSP1001, Management Profile Specification Usage Guide
DMTF DSP0226, Web Services for Management (WS-Management) Specification 1.1.0
DMTF DSP0227, WS-Management CIM Binding Specification 1.0.0
2.2 Other References
ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards,
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=4230456&objAction=browse&sort=subtype
Unified Modeling Language (UML) from the Open Management Group (OMG),
http://www.uml.org
BIOS Boot Specification v1.01 (January 11, 1996),
http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/56E38DE2-
3E6F-4743-835F-B4A53726ABED/0/specsbbs101.pdf
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.