Web Services Interface Guide
112 Dell Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide for Windows
11.3.8 Boot To PXE
The BootToPXE() method is used to boot to server using the PXE mechanism, which is to reboot the host
server and boot to PXE.
Invoke to boot target system to PXE with the following syntax:
EXAMPLE:
winrm i BootToPXE cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_OSDeploymentService
?CreationClassName=DCIM_OSDeploymentService +Name=DCIM:OSDeploymentService
+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem +SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD] -r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman:443 -encoding:utf-8 -
a:basic
The return will be 0 for success or 1 if an error occurred in starting the processing the input parameters.
The MessageID and Message output parameters will further contain method invocation information if an
error occurred.
OUTPUT:
BootToPXE_OUTPUT
ReturnValue = 0
11.3.9 Get Host MAC Address Information
Invoke GethostMACInfo() with the following syntax:
EXAMPLE:
winrm i GetHostMACInfo cimv2/root/dcim/DCIM_OSDeploymentService
?CreationClassName=DCIM_OSDeploymentService +Name=DCIM:OSDeploymentService
+SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem +SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD] -r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman:443 -SkipCNCheck -
encoding:utf-8 -a:basic
OUTPUT:
The return will be 0 for success and a list of MAC addresses or an integer for error or job in execution. The
MessageID and Message output parameters will further contain method invocation information if an error
occurred.
GetHostMACInfo_OUTPUT
MACList = 00219b927057, 00219b927059, 00219b92705b, 00219b92705d
ReturnValue = 0