Web Services Interface Guide

261 Dell Lifecycle Controller Web Services Interface Guide for Windows
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]//wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck -encoding:utf-8 -a:basic
-file:change_bios_password.xml
The input file change_bios_password.xml is shown below:
 No BIOS password is set: The OldPassword parameter is not required. It may be set to “null” or left
blank as shown below.
 Changing an existing BIOS password: Both the OldPassword and NewPassword parameters are
required.
Note: Entering only the NewPassword parameter indicates a “pass” in the setting and creating a new job,
however the job fails.
 Deleting an existing BIOS password: The OldPassword parameter is required. The NewPassword
parameter may be set to “null”, set to blank, or omitted completely.
<p:ChangePassword_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema
/2/root/dcim/DCIM_BIOSService">
<p:Target>BIOS.Setup.1-1</p:Target>
<p:PasswordType>1</p:PasswordType>
<p:OldPassword></p:OldPassword>
<p:NewPassword>NEW_PASSWORD</p:NewPassword>
</p:ChangePassword_INPUT>
OUTPUT:
Either of the following may result:
ChangePassword_OUTPUT
Message = BIOS does not support Change Password feature
MessageID = BIOS019
ReturnValue = 2
ChangePassword_OUTPUT
Message = The command was successful
MessageID = BIOS001
17.9.2 Create Target Configuration Job
Create a configuration job as shown in Section 17.7.