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The SetAttribute() method is used to set or change the value of a NIC attribute.
WARNING: The local BIOS setting always overwrites the LegacyBootProto option. This option is
only applied in the BIOS setup. By setting this attribute remotely, it appears that the value is set, but
it really did not because the local BIOS setting overrides it. Running a ‘get’ on the attribute
remotely displays a different current value.
Invoke SetAttribute() with the following parameters(from Section 15.1) and syntax:
Target: FQDD attained through DCIM_NICEnumeration
AttributeName: Attained from AttributeName field
AttributeValue: A new value to assign to the specified NICAttribute . If this value is valid, it
will be applied to the PendingValue property or the Currentvalue property of the specified
NICAttribute . Possible choices are attained from PossibleValues field, such as:
Possible values: PXE, iSCSI, NONE
EXAMPLE:
wsman invoke -a SetAttribute http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/root/dcim/DCIM_NICService
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem,CreationClassName=DCIM_NICService,SystemN
am
e=DCIM:ComputerSystem,Name=DCIM:NICService
-h $IPADDRESS -V -v -c dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD -J SetAttribute_NIC.xml
-j utf-8 -y basic
The input file SetAttribute_NIC.xml is shown below:
<p:SetAttributes_INPUT
xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_NICService">
<p:Target>NIC.Embedded.1-1</p:Target>
<p:AttributeName>LegacyBootProto</p:AttributeName>
<p:AttributeValue>PXE</p:AttributeValue>
</p:SetAttributes_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
<n1:SetAttribute_OUTPUT>
<n1:Message>The command was successful</n1:Message>
<n1:MessageID>NIC001</n1:MessageID>
<n1:RebootRequired>Yes</n1:RebootRequired >
<n1:ReturnValue>0</n1:ReturnValue>
<n1:SetResult>Set PendingValue</n1:SetResult >
</n1:SetAttribute_OUTPUT>
15.14 Setting CNA LAN Modes
The SetAttributes() method is used to set or change the values of a group of NIC attributes.
Invoke SetAttributes() with the following parameters (from Section 15.1) and syntax:
Target: FQDD attained through DCIM_NICEnumeration