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</n1:DCIM_VFlashView>
InitializedState: Field indicates status of element to be initialized
InstanceID: InstanceID of desired element for initialization
13.3 Enable or Disable VFlash using VFlash State Change
This method is used to enable or disable the virtual flash media device. After running the
VFlashStateChange() method successfully, the change will be dictated in the
VFlashEnabledState parameter as shown in Section 13.2.1 and Section 13.2.3.
Invoke VFlashStateChange() with the following parameters and syntax:
RequestedState: The state to set to
Enable=1, Disable=2
EXAMPLE:
wsman invoke -a VFlashStateChange
http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/root/dcim/DCIM_PersistentStorageService
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem,CreationClassName=DCIM_Persisten
tStorageServic
e,SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem,Name=DCIM:PersistentStorageService -h
$IPADDRESS -V -v -c
dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD -J VFlashStateChange.xml -j utf-8 -y basic
The input file VFlashStateChange.xml is shown below:
<p:VFlashStateChange_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dell.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/DCIM_PersistentStorageService">
<p:RequestedState>1</p:RequestedState>
</p:VFlashStateChange_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
<n1:VFlashStateChange_OUTPUT>
<n1:ReturnValue>0</n1:ReturnValue>
</n1:VFlashStateChange_OUTPUT>
13.4 Create Partition
This method is used for creating a new partition on a storage device. After running this method
successfully, an instance of DCIM_OpaqueManagementData representing the desired partition will
be created (Section 13.1) and a reference to this instance is captured in the output parameter Job.
Invoke CreatePartition() with the following parameters and syntax:
PartitionIndex: The PartitionIndex property of the DCIM_OpaqueManagementData
instance that represents the partition to be formatted 1 to 16.