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8 Version 1.1.0
CIM_ComputerSystem shall be the Scoping Class. The instance of DCIM_BIOSService shall be the 110
Central Instance. The instance of CIM_ComputerSystem with which the Central Instance is associated 111
through the CIM_HostedService association shall be the Scoping Instance. 112
Table 1 identifies profiles that are related to this profile. 113
Table 1 – Related Profiles 114
Profile Name
Organization
Version
Relationship
Profile Registration Profile
DMTF
1.0
Mandatory
6 Description 115
The BIOS and Boot Management Profile describes BIOS setup configuration including boot management. 116
The profile also describes the relationship of the BIOS classes to the DMTF/Dell profile version 117
information. 118
Figure 1 represents the class schema for the BIOS attribute management feature of BIOS and Boot 119
Management Profile. For simplicity, the prefix CIM_ has been removed from the names of the classes. 120
Each BIOS’s configurable attribute is represented by one of the classes (DCIM_BIOSEnumeration, 121
DCIM_BIOSString, DCIM_BIOSInteger)CIM_BIOSAttribute. Depending on the dataype of the attribute the 122
BIOS configuration attribute is either instantiaed as DCIM_BIOSEnumeration, DCIM_BIOSString, or 123
DCIM_BIOSInteger instance. 124
The DCIM_BIOSService class is used to configure the BIOS attributes. The SetAttribute() and 125
SetAttributes() methods on the DCIM_BIOSService class configure BIOS attributes, DCIM_BIOSAttribute 126
subclass instances. 127
The BIOS and Boot Management Profile information is represented with the instance of 128
CIM_RegisteredProfile. 129