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BIOS and Boot Management Profile 1

1 Scope 2

The BIOS and Boot Management Profile extends the management capabilities of referencing profiles by 3

adding the capability to represent the configuration of the system BIOS setup and to manage the boot of 4

the system. The system BIOS setup is modeled with multiple attributes that allow configuration of the 5

BIOS. 6

2 Normative References 7

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated 8

references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 9

document (including any amendments) applies. 10

2.1 Approved References 11

DMTF DSP1033, Profile Registration Profile 1.0.0 12

DMTF DSP1061, Management Profile 1.0.0 13

DMTF DSP0200, CIM Operations over HTTP 1.2.0 14

DMTF DSP0004, CIM Infrastructure Specification 2.3.0 15

DMTF DSP1000, Management Profile Specification Template 16

DMTF DSP1001, Management Profile Specification Usage Guide 17

DMTF DSP0226, Web Services for Management (WS-Management) Specification 1.1.0 18

DMTF DSP0227, WS-Management CIM Binding Specification 1.0.0 19

2.2 Other References 20

ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards, 21

http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink.exe?func=ll&objId=4230456&objAction=browse&sort=subtype 22

Unified Modeling Language (UML) from the Open Management Group (OMG), http://www.uml.org 23

BIOS Boot Specification v1.01 (January 11, 1996), http://www.phoenix.com/NR/rdonlyres/56E38DE2-24

3E6F-4743-835F-B4A53726ABED/0/specsbbs101.pdf 25

3 Terms and Definitions 27

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 28