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64 Remote Service Features

• After determining which operating system the drivers are needed for, one

the following methods can be invoked via WS-MAN to unpack the

appropriate drivers and expose them locally or acquire them remotely.

The

UnpackAndAttach()

method on the

DCIM_OSDeploymentService

class extracts the drivers for the

requested operating system and places them on a internal USB device

labeled

OEMDRV

. The

OEMDRV

appears as a locally attached USB

device to the system. The method takes the operating system name

and an expose duration time as input parameters and returns a job

identification that can be subsequently checked for the status of the

unpack and attach activity.

NOTE: The drivers unpacked and attached are removed after the time specified

in ExposeDuration parameter or if no time is specified in the method invocation

then by default the OEMDRV USB device will be removed after 18 hours.

NOTE: Ensure that ISO images attached during the process are detached

before you use system services.

The

UnpackAndShare()

method on the

DCIM_OSDeploymentService

class extracts the drivers for the requested operating system and copies

them to a network share. The method takes the operating system name

and network share information as input parameters and returns a job

identification that can be subsequently checked for the status of the

unpack and share activity. Network share information includes the IP

address of the share, the share name, share type, and username, password

and workgroup data for secure shares.

• The following methods can be used to boot the system from an ISO image

on a network share or to initiate PXE boot mechanisms:

The

BootToNetworkISO()

method on the

DCIM_OSDeploymentService

class will boot the system using an

ISO image that has been made available on a CIFS or NFS network share.

The method takes the ISO image name, network share information, and

exposure duration as input parameters and returns a job identification

that can be subsequently checked for the status of the unpack and share

activity. Network share information includes the IP address of the share,

the share name, share type, and username, password and workgroup data

for secure shares. For additional security a hash value can be calculated

using well known hash algorithms and this value along with the type of

the hash used can be provided as input parameters.

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