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50 Version 1.3.0
8.3 DCIM_BIOSService.ChangePassword ()
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The ChangePassword() method is used to set or change the value of a BIOS attribute.
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Invoking the ChangePassword( ) method shall change the value of the password attribute’s PendingValue
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property to the value specified by the AttributeValue.
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Return code values for the ChangePassword() method are specified in Table 46 and parameters are
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specified in Table 47.
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NOTE: Invoking the ChangePassword() method multiple times can result in the earlier requests being
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overwritten or lost.
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Table 46 – ChangePassword() Method: Return Code Values
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Value
Description
0
Completed with no error
2
Failed
Table 47 – ChangePassword() Method: Parameters
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Qualifiers
Name
Type
Description/Values
IN, REQ
Target
String
Shall be set to “BIOS.Setup.1-1”
IN, REQ
PasswordType
Uint16
Shall be one of the following values:
 1 = System Password
 2 = Setup Password
IN, REQ
OldPassword
String
Shall contain the old password string:
If the PasswordType parameter has the value 1(System
Password) , the OldPassword shall have the current value
of SysPassword attribute or SetupPassword attribute, else
the method shall return 2(Failed).
If the PasswordType parameter has the value 2(Setup
Password) , the OldPassword shall have the current value
of SetupPassword attribute, else the method shall return
2(Failed).
IN, REQ
NewPassword
String
Shall be set to new password string.
NewPassword may be set to NULL (or omitted) in order to
clear the old password. Clearing the password may
succeed even if the password was previously cleared.
OUT
MessageID
String
Error MessageID
OUT
Message
String
Error Message
OUT
MessageArguments[]
String
Error MessageArguments
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Table 48 – ChangePassword() Method: Standard Messages
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MessageID (OUT parameter)
Message
MessageArguments[]
BIOS001
The command was successful
BIOS002
Resource allocation failure
BIOS003
Missing required parameter
BIOS004
Invalid parameter value for
Parameter