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Dellâ„¢ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows  Version: 2.1.0 
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13.2.1  Get VFlash SD Card Inventory 
DCIM_VFlashView is a subclass of CIM_View that is used to represent the physical attributes of the 
virtual flash media, such as total size, available size, category etc. on which the partitions will reside. 
Enumerate the DCIM_VFlashView with the following parameters and syntax: 
EXAMPLE: 
winrm e http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_VFlashView  
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD] 
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck  
-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic 
OUTPUT:  
DCIM_VFlashView 
 AvailableSize = 972 
 Capacity = 972 
 ComponentName = vFlash SD Card 
 FQDD = Disk.vFlashCard.1 
 HealthStatus = OK 
 InitializedState = Uninitialized 
 InstanceID = Disk.vFlashCard.1 
 LastSystemInventoryTime = 20100426221347.000000+000 
 LastUpdateTime = 20100426221347.000000+000 
 Licensed = true 
 VFlashEnabledState = true 
 WriteProtected = false 
InitializedState: Field indicates status of element to be initialized 
InstanceID: InstanceID of desired element for initialization 
13.2.2  Initialize / Format Media 
This method is used to initialize or format the virtual flash media device. 
Invoke InitializeMedia() with the following parameters and syntax: 
EXAMPLE: 
winrm i InitializeMedia http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService ?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem 
+CreationClassName=DCIM_PersistentStorageService 
+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem 
+Name=DCIM:PersistentStorageService  
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD] 
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck  
-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic 
OUTPUT: 
See Section 13.2.3 for 
the populated 
initialized fields 










