User's Manual

50 Remote Services Operations
Managing BIOS and Boot Configuration
Use the BIOS and boot configuration feature to configure BIOS properties
and to perform operations such as changing the boot source and boot order.
For more information, see the "BIOS and Boot Management Profile" on
page 59.
Displaying the Inventory of BIOS Attributes
Perform the Enumerate operation on the DCIM_BIOSEnumeration class to
view all available instances of the BIOS attributes in a system.
Setting the BIOS Attributes
To set the attributes:
1
Identify the applicable instance ID.
2 Confirm the IsReadOnly field is set to false.
3 Before invoking the SetAttribute() or SetAttributes() method, note the
instance information that you got in step 1 and prepare the input
parameters.
4 Invoke the SetAttribute() or SetAttributes() method.
5 Examine output parameters.
6 Before invoking the CreateTargetedConfigJob() method, prepare input
parameters (for example, RebootJobType, ScheduledStartTime,
UntilTime, Job, and so on) and use the correct BIOS FQDD.
7 Invoke the CreateTargetedConfigJob() method.
NOTE: The system must reboot to execute the task of setting the attribute or
attributes.
8 Query the status of the jobID output using the job control profile
methods.
9 Repeat step 1 to confirm successful execution of the method.
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