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10 Version 1.3.0
4 Symbols and Abbreviated Terms
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4.1
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CIM – Common Information Model
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4.2
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iDRAC – Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller – management controller for blades and monolithic
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servers
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4.3
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CMC – Chassis Manager Controller – management controller for the modular server chassis
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4.4
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iSCSI – Internet Small Computer System Interface, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking
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standard for linking data storage facilities.
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4.5
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WBEM – Web-Based Enterprise Management
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4.6
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IPL – Initial Program Load, refers to the IPL list (an initial priority list of boot devices). An Initial Program
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Load Device is any device in the system that can boot and load an operating system. In standard AT
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machines, this is the floppy drive or hard drive. See BIOS Boot Specification.
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4.7
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BCV – A Boot Connection Vector is a pointer that points to code inside the option ROM that performs
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device initialization, detect if a peripheral (such as a SCSI hard drive) is attached, and optionally hook INT
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13h. The BCV resides in a PnP option ROM Expansion Header. An example of an option ROM with a
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BCV is a PnP ISA SCSI controller. See BIOS Boot Specification.
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5 Synopsis
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Profile Name: BIOS and Boot Management
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Version: 1.3.0
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Organization: Dell Inc.
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CIM Schema Version: 2.19.1
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Central Class: DCIM_BIOSService
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Scoping Class: CIM_ComputerSystem
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The BIOS and Boot Management Profile extends the management capability of the referencing profiles
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by adding the capability to describe BIOS attributes, each BIOS configuration item is represented by an
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instance one of these classes DCIM_BIOSEnumeration, DCIMBIOSString, DCIM_BIOSInteger and boot
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management where each boot list is represented by DCIM_BootConfigSetting and each boot source
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device by DCIM_BootSourceSetting. DCIM_BIOSService shall be the Central Class.
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CIM_ComputerSystem shall be the Scoping Class. The instance of DCIM_BIOSService shall be the
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Central Instance. The instance of CIM_ComputerSystem shall be the Scoping Instance.
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Table 1 lists profiles that are related to this profile.
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