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-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD -j utf-8 -y basic
OUTPUT:
<n1:DCIM_LifecycleJob>
<n1:InstanceID>JID_001300720080</n1:InstanceID>
<n1:JobStartTime>00000101000000</n1:JobStartTime>
<n1:JobStatus>Completed</n1:JobStatus>
<n1:JobUntilTime>20111111111111</n1:JobUntilTime>
<n1:Message>Job completed successfully</n1:Message>
<n1:MessageID>PR19</n1:MessageID>
<n1:Name>ConfigBIOS:BIOS.Setup.1-1</n1:Name>
<n1:PercentComplete>100</n1:PercentComplete>
</n1:DCIM_LifecycleJob>
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:
wsman enumerate http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cimschema/
2/root/dcim/DCIM_BIOSPassword
-h $IPADDRESS -V -v -c dummy.cert -P 443
-u $USERNAME -p $PASSWORD -j utf-8 -y basic
OUTPUT:
<n1:DCIM_BIOSPassword>
<n1:AttributeDisplayName>System Password</n1:AttributeDisplayName>
<n1:AttributeName>SysPassword</n1:AttributeName>
<n1:Dependency><![CDATA[<Dep><AttrLev Op="OR"><ROIf
Name="PasswordStatus">Locked</ROIf></AttrLev></Dep>]]></n1:Dependency>
<n1:DisplayOrder>1402</n1:DisplayOrder>
<n1:FQDD>BIOS.Setup.1-1</n1:FQDD>
<n1:GroupDisplayName>System Security</n1:GroupDisplayName>
<n1:GroupID>SysSecurity</n1:GroupID>
<n1:InstanceID>BIOS.Setup.1-1:SysPassword</n1:InstanceID>
<n1:IsReadOnly>false</n1:IsReadOnly>
<n1:IsSet>false</n1:IsSet>
<n1:MaxLength>32</n1:MaxLength>
<n1:MinLength>0</n1:MinLength>
<n1:PasswordState>3</n1:PasswordState>
<n1:PendingValue xsi:nil="true"/>
<n1:ValueExpression>^[]0-9a-z "+,-./;[\`]{0,32}$</n1:ValueExpression>
</n1:DCIM_BIOSPassword>
<n1:DCIM_BIOSPassword>