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instance for the main system and another for iDRAC. Use the main system instance. The method
requires you to specify the RequestedState argument. Refer to Section 8.3 to get the possible values
for this argument.
Base Server Profile:
http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP1004_1.0.1.pdf
EXAMPLE:
winrm invoke RequestStateChange "http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_ComputerSystem
?CreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem
+Name=srv:system"
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman:443 -SkipCNcheck
-SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic @{RequestedState="2"}
-skiprevocationcheck
OUTPUT:
RequestStateChange_OUTPUT
ReturnValue = 0
Return values of zero indicate success, while others indicate failure and may include a corresponding
error message.
8.4.2 Power State Management Method
Changing the power state is performed by invoking the RequestPowerStateChange() method of the
DCIM_PowerManagementService (PMS) class instance. It is a three step process shown below:
1) Enumerate the DCIM_PowerManagementService with EPR
2) Enumerate the DCIM_ComputerSystem class and search for the Host instance
3) Use the EPR on steps 1) and 2) to invoke RequestPowerStateChange()
Power State Management Profile:
http://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP1027_2.0.0.pdf
EXAMPLE:
winrm invoke RequestPowerStateChange http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_CSPowerManagementService?__cimnamespace=root/dcim+SystemCreationClassName=
DCIM_SPComputerSystem+SystemName=systemmc+CreationClassName=DCIM_CSPowerManagementServi
ce+Name= pwrmgtsvc:1
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck
-SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -auth:basic @{PowerState=”5”}