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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0

5.3.3 Modify Account State (using iDRAC Attributes)

When the account setting capability allows, the user account may be enabled or disabled by invoking

the method ApplyAttributes() method on the Enable property. Confirmation of the change can be

obtained by enumerating the DCIM_iDRACCardString class(Section 19.6).

EXAMPLE:

winrm i ApplyAttributes http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_iDRACCardService

?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem

+CreationClassName=DCIM_iDRACCardService

+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem

+Name=DCIM:iDRACCardService

-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]

-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck

-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -file: DracCard_AccountChange.xml

The input file, DracCard_ AccountChange.xml, is shown below:

<p:ApplyAttributes_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-

schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_iDRACCardService">

<p:Target>iDRAC.Embedded.1</p:Target>

<p:AttributeName>Users.4#Enable</p:AttributeName>

<p:AttributeValue>Enabled</p:AttributeValue>

<p:AttributeName>Users.4#Password</p:AttributeName>

<p:AttributeValue>PASSWORDHERE</p:AttributeValue>

</p:ApplyAttributes_INPUT>

OUTPUT:

When this method is executed, a jobid or an error message is returned.

ApplyAttributes_OUTPUT

Job

Address = http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous

ReferenceParameters

ResourceURI = http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/DCIM_LifecycleJob

SelectorSet

Selector: InstanceID = JID_001296744532, __cimnamespace = root/dcim

ReturnValue = 4096

The following error may result if the password has not initially been set to a value. The password may

be set an initail value at the same time as the account is enabled by adding the Users.4#Password

attribute name and corresponding attribute value, as shown above.

ApplyAttributes_OUTPUT

Message = The User Password is not configured so cannot Enable the User or set values for IPMILan

IPMISerial or User Admin Privilege

MessageArguments = NULL

MessageID = RAC023

ReturnValue = 2