Users Guide

Remote Services Operations 53
Displaying the NIC/CNA Inventory
• Perform the Enumerate operation on the DCIM_NICView class to
display the instance properties of all (Broadcom and Intel) the NICs/CNAs
embedded in the system.
• Perform the Get operation on the class using the correct instance IDs of
the required NIC/CNA to display the related properties.
Displaying the NIC/CNA Attributes
• Perform the Enumerate operation on one of the DCIM_NICAttribute
classes (
DCIM_NICEnumeration , DCIM_NICInteger , and
DCIM_NICString ) to display all available attributes and possible values
of all the NICs/CNAs
embedded in the system.
• Perform the Get operation on the one of the DCIM_NICAttribute classes
to display the NIC/CNA attributes. For specific sub-class attribute
information, use the correct instance ID along with the attribute name
listed in the sub-class.
Setting the NIC/CNA Attributes
To set the attributes:
1 Identify the applicable instance ID and note down the instance
information.
2 Confirm the IsReadOnly field is set to false.
3 Use the instance information to prepare the input parameters
4 Invoke the SetAttribute() or SetAttributes() method.
5 Run the Get command on the attribute to see updated value in the
pending field.
6 Before invoking the CreateTargetedConfigJob() method, construct the
input parameters (for example,
Target , RebootType ,
ScheduledStartTime , UntilTime , and so on) and use the correct
Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD) of the NIC/CNA for Target.
NOTE: See the Simple NIC Profile document at
delltechcenter.com/page/DCIM.Library to see the list of all the supported
input parameters.