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CONTENTS
1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Normative References ........................................................................................................................... 7
3 Terms and Definitions ........................................................................................................................... 8
3.7 9
4 Symbols and Abbreviated Terms ........................................................................................................ 10
5 Synopsis .............................................................................................................................................. 10
6 Description .......................................................................................................................................... 11
7 Implementation Requirements ............................................................................................................ 13
7.1 BIOS Management ................................................................................................................... 13
7.2 Boot Management ..................................................................................................................... 38
7.3 Service for Method Invocations ................................................................................................ 43
7.4 Profile Registration .................................................................................................................... 44
8 Methods ............................................................................................................................................... 46
8.1 CIM_BIOSService.SetAttribute( ) .............................................................................................. 46
8.2 DCIM_BIOSService.SetAttributes( ) ......................................................................................... 47
8.3 DCIM_BIOSService.ChangePassword ( ) ................................................................................ 50
8.4 DCIM_BIOSService.CreateTargetedConfigJob() .................................................................... 51
8.5 DCIM_BIOSService.DeletePendingConfiguration() ................................................................. 53
8.6 DCIM_BootConfigSetting.ChangeBootSourceState() .............................................................. 53
8.7 DCIM_BootConfigSetting.ChangeBootOrderByInstanceID( ) ................................................... 55
9 Use Cases ........................................................................................................................................... 56
10 CIM Elements ...................................................................................................................................... 56
11 Privilege and License Requirement .................................................................................................... 56
ANNEX A (informative) BIOS Attribute Changes from Version 1.1 ........................................................... 58
ANNEX B (informative) Change Log ......................................................................................................... 61