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Table 1 – Related Profiles
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Profile Name
Organization
Version
Relationship
Profile Registration Profile
DMTF
1.0
Mandatory
6 Description
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The BIOS and Boot Management Profile describes the BIOS setup configuration that includes boot
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management. The profile also describes the relationship of the BIOS classes to the DMTF and Dell profile
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version information.
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Figure 1 shows the BIOS and Boot Management Profile.
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Each of the CIM_BIOSAttribute sub-classes (DCIM_BIOSEnumeration, DCIM_BIOSString,
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DCIM_BIOSInteger) represent a configurable attribute in BIOS. Depending on the data type of the
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attribute the BIOS configuration attribute is either instantiated as DCIM_BIOSEnumeration,
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DCIM_BIOSString, or DCIM_BIOSInteger instance.
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The DCIM_BIOSService class is used to configure the BIOS attributes. The SetAttribute() and
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SetAttributes() methods on the DCIM_BIOSService class configure BIOS attributes, DCIM_BIOSAttribute
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subclass instances.
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The BIOS and Boot Management Profile information is represented with the instance of
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CIM_RegisteredProfile.
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DCIM_LCElementConformsToProfile
DCIM_BIOSService
CIM_BIOSAttribute
CIM_BIOSEnumeration CIM_BIOSStringCIM_BIOSInteger
DCIM_BIOSEnumeration
DCIM_BIOSStringDCIM_BIOSInteger
DCIM_LCRegisteredProfile
RegisteredProfile = “BIOS and Boot
Management”
OtherRegisteredOrganization = “DCIM”
Interop Namespace
Implementation Namespace
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Figure 1 – BIOS and Boot Management Profile: Class Diagram – BIOS Management
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