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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows Version: 2.1.0
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17.9.2 Create Target Configuration Job
Create a configuration job as shown in Section 17.7.
17.9.3 Monitor Set BIOS Password Status
To monitor the job status for setting the BIOS password, get the instance of the corresponding job as
described within the job control provider in Section 10.
Replace [INSTANCE ID] with the actual jobid from Section 17.9.1.
EXAMPLE:
winrm get http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_LifecycleJob
?InstanceID=[INSTANCE ID]
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman:443 -SkipCNCheck -SkipCACHeck
-a:basic -encoding:utf-8
OUTPUT:
DCIM_LifecycleJob
InstanceID = JID_00129609760
JobStartTime = 00000101000000
JobStatus = Scheduled
JobUntilTime = TIME_NA
Message = Task successfully scheduled
MessageID = JCP001
Name = ConfigBIOS:BIOS.Setup.1-1
PercentComplete = NA
The status may be one of the following:
 Ready for execution - Job is created, but waiting for scheduled start time to pass to schedule
the job
 Scheduled - Job is scheduled and ready for system reboot to execute the job
 Failed - Problem with setting the BIOS password, check message for more information
Completed - Setting the BIOS password completed with no issues
17.10 Listing the BIOS Inventory-Password Class
Enumerate BIOSPassword with the following parameters and syntax:
EXAMPLE: