Reference Guide
Property Description
• 2 = Enabled — Indicates that the element is or could be executing commands, will 
process any queued commands, and queues new requests.
• 3 = Disabled — Indicates that the element will not execute commands and will drop any 
new requests.
• 4 = Shutting Down — Indicates that the element is in the process of going to a Disabled 
state.
• 5 = Not Applicable — Indicates the element does not support being enabled or disabled.
• 6 = Enabled but Offline — Indicates that the element may be completing commands, 
and will drop any new requests.
• 7 = In Test — Indicates that the element is in a test state.
• 8 = Deferred — Indicates that the element may be completing commands, but will 
queue any new requests.
• 9 = Quiesce — Indicates that the element is enabled but in a restricted mode.
• 10 = Starting — Indicates that the element is in the process of going to an Enabled 
state. New requests are queued.
• 11..32767 = DMTF Reserved
• 32768..65535 = Vendor Reserved
Name
The Name property defines the label by which the object is known. When subclassed, the 
Name property can be overridden to be a Key property.
RequestedState
An integer enumeration that indicates the last requested or desired state for the element, 
irrespective of the mechanism through which it was requested. The actual state of the 
element is represented by EnabledState. This property is provided to compare the last 
requested and current enabled or disabled states. Note that when EnabledState is set to 
5 
(Not Applicable), then this property has no meaning. Refer to the EnabledState property 
description for explanations of the values in the RequestedState enumeration.
NOTE: The value No Change (5) has been deprecated instead of indicating the 
last requested state is Unknown (0). If the last requested or desired state is 
unknown, RequestedState should have the value Unknown (0), but may have 
the value No Change (5). There are two new values in RequestedState that 
build on the statuses of EnabledState. These are Reboot (10) and Reset (11).
Shut Down requests an orderly transition to the Disabled state, and may involve removing 
power, to completely erase any existing state. The Disabled state requests an immediate 
disabling of the element, such that it will not execute or accept any commands or 
processing requests. This property is set as the result of a method invocation (such as Start 
or StopService on CIM_Service), or can be overridden and defined as WRITEable in a 
subclass. The method approach is considered superior to a WRITEable property, because it 
allows an explicit invocation of the operation and the return of a result code. If knowledge 
of the last RequestedState is not supported for the EnabledLogicalElement, the property is 
NULL or has the value 
12 Not Applicable.
Possible values are:
• 0 = Unknown — Indicates the last requested state for the element is unknown.
• 2 = Enabled
• 3 = Disabled
• 4 = Shut Down
• 5 = No Change
• 6 = Offline — Indicates that the element has been requested to transition to the 
Enabled but Offline EnabledState.
• 7 = Test
• 8 = Deferred
• 9 = Quiesce
• 10 = Reboot — Refers to doing a Shut Down and then moving to an Enabled state.
• 11 = Reset — Indicates that the element is first Disabled and then Enabled.
• 12 = Not Applicable
• .. = DMTF Reserved
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