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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0
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Use the following algorithm to successfully format an existing partition:
 Enumerate the DCIM_PersistentStorageService class
 Invoke the FormatPartition() method on the instance above with the following parameters:
PartitionIndex: The PartitionIndex property of the DCIM_OpaqueManagementData instance
that represents the partition to be formatted
1 to 16
FormatType: The new format type of the partition
EXT2=1, EXT3=2, FAT16=3, FAT32=4
 The OUT parameter Job will refer to the instance of CIM_ConcreteJob using which the user can
query the status of the formatting of the partition.
EXAMPLE:
winrm i FormatPartition 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 -file:FormatPartition.xml
The input file FormatPartition.xml is shown below:
<p:FormatPartition_INPUT xmlns:p=" http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService">
<p:PartitionIndex>13</p:PartitionIndex>
<p:FormatType>4</p:FormatType>
</p:FormatPartition_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
When this method is executed, a jobid or an error message is returned.
FormatPartition_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_001270738393, __cimnamespace = root/dcim
ReturnValue = 0