CIM2.17.1 Class Declaration
CIM_BIOSString

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Class Hierarchy
Class Attributes
Class Qualifiers
Properties
Methods
Associations in which the class can participate
Sub Profiling Summary

Class Hierarchy

CIM_BIOSString --> CIM_BIOSAttribute --> CIM_ManagedElement --> [top]

Class Attributes

Class Declaration Attributes
NameValue
SUPERCLASSCIM_BIOSAttribute
NAMECIM_BIOSString

Class Qualifiers

Class CIM_BIOSString Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
ExperimentalbooleantrueCIM_BIOSString
Versionstring2.17.0CIM_BIOSString
UMLPackagePathstringCIM::System::BIOSCIM_BIOSString
DescriptionstringThe CIM_BIOSString object may be used to instantiate string-based BIOS attributes.CIM_BIOSString
UMLPackagePathstringCIM::System::BIOSCIM_BIOSAttribute
DescriptionstringA class derived from ManagedElement that provides instrumentation of BIOS configuration data or Attributes of a managed computer system or device. These attributes are surfaced in the form of BIOSAttribute instances. The CIM_BIOSAttribute object may be used to represent both configurable and static BIOS attributes.CIM_BIOSAttribute
UMLPackagePathstringCIM::Core::CoreElementsCIM_ManagedElement
DescriptionstringManagedElement is an abstract class that provides a common superclass (or top of the inheritance tree) for the non-association classes in the CIM Schema.CIM_ManagedElement

Properties

Properties
NameTypeValueQualifiersClassOrigin
StringTypeuint32 Description
ValueMap
Values
CIM_BIOSString
MinLengthuint64 Description
ModelCorrespondence
CIM_BIOSString
MaxLengthuint64 Description
ModelCorrespondence
CIM_BIOSString
ValueExpressionstring Description CIM_BIOSString
InstanceIDstring Key
Description
CIM_BIOSAttribute
AttributeNamestring Required
Description
CIM_BIOSAttribute
CurrentValuestring[] Required
Description
CIM_BIOSAttribute
DefaultValuestring[] Description CIM_BIOSAttribute
PendingValuestring[] Description CIM_BIOSAttribute
IsOrderedListboolean Description
ModelCorrespondence
CIM_BIOSAttribute
IsReadOnlyboolean Description CIM_BIOSAttribute
Captionstring Description
MaxLen
CIM_ManagedElement
Descriptionstring Description CIM_ManagedElement
ElementNamestring Description CIM_ManagedElement

Property Qualifiers

Property StringType Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe StringType property provides management applications with information defining implementation's capabilities regarding string values. A value of ASCII indicates a plain text formatting with no tabs formating or bolds, plain text. A value of hex indicates a simple encoding of the numerals 0 to 9 and the letters A to F and is not case sensitive. A value of unicode indicates fully multi-lingual text support. A string BIOS Attribute with value of regex is a regular expression and the CIM_BIOSString.ValueExpression shall be applied to values represented and any value that is attempted to be set by invoking SetBIOSAttribute().CIM_BIOSString
ValueMapstring
[See below.]
CIM_BIOSString
ValuesstringUnknown
ASCII
hex
unicode
regex
DMTF-Reserved
Vendor-Specific
CIM_BIOSString

NameValue
0Unknown
2ASCII
3hex
4unicode
5regex
30..65535DMTF-Reserved
65536..4294967295Vendor-Specific
Property MinLength Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThis property specifies the minimum string length allowed when modifying this BIOS attribute. A value of NULL SHALL be defined as zero.CIM_BIOSString
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_BIOSString.MaxLengthCIM_BIOSString

Property MaxLength Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThis property specifies the maximum string length allowed when modifying this BIOS attribute. A value of NULL defines the maximum length is unknown. A value of 0 defines the maximum length as 18446744073709551615, the limitation of the property definition as uint64.CIM_BIOSString
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_BIOSString.MinLengthCIM_BIOSString

Property ValueExpression Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe property denotes a Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE) syntax to use in validating Attribute values. For a string Attribute where StringType="regex" this property shall have a value.CIM_BIOSString

Property InstanceID Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
KeybooleantrueCIM_BIOSAttribute
DescriptionstringWithin the scope of the instantiating Namespace, InstanceID opaquely and uniquely identifies an instance of this class. In order to ensure uniqueness within the NameSpace, the value of InstanceID SHOULD be constructed using the following &apos;preferred&apos; algorithm: <OrgID>:<LocalID>Where <OrgID> and <LocalID> are separated by a colon &apos;:&apos;, and where <OrgID> MUST include a copyrighted, trademarked or otherwise unique name that is owned by the business entity creating/defining the InstanceID, or is a registered ID that is assigned to the business entity by a recognized global authority (This is similar to the <Schema Name>_<Class Name> structure of Schema class names.) In addition, to ensure uniqueness <OrgID> MUST NOT contain a colon (&apos;:&apos;). When using this algorithm, the first colon to appear in InstanceID MUST appear between <OrgID> and <LocalID>. <LocalID> is chosen by the business entity and SHOULD not be re-used to identify different underlying (real-world) elements. If the above &apos;preferred&apos; algorithm is not used, the defining entity MUST assure that the resultant InstanceID is not re-used across any InstanceIDs produced by this or other providers for this instance&apos;s NameSpace. For DMTF defined instances, the &apos;preferred&apos; algorithm MUST be used with the <OrgID> set to &apos;CIM&apos;.CIM_BIOSAttribute

Property AttributeName Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
RequiredbooleantrueCIM_BIOSAttribute
DescriptionstringA string identifying the structured element name for a BIOS attribute using the format "<OrgID>:<identifier>" in which <OrgID>, does contain a colon (":"). The value of <OrgID> is a copyrighted, trademarked or otherwise unique name that is owned by the entity defining the <identifier>, or is a registered ID that is assigned to the entity by a recognized global authority. For DMTF defined identifiers, the <OrgID> is set to 'DMTF' and the <identifier> is specified in the BIOS Attribute Registry.CIM_BIOSAttribute

Property CurrentValue Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
RequiredbooleantrueCIM_BIOSAttribute
DescriptionstringAn array of strings representing the current value or values of the BIOS Attribute.CIM_BIOSAttribute

Property DefaultValue Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringAn array of strings representing the default value or values of the BIOS Attribute.CIM_BIOSAttribute

Property PendingValue Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringAn array of strings representing a pending Attribute value that will not take affect until some point in the future. This would typically be used to represent Attributes that could not be changed until a system reset. When a BIOS attribute has no pending changes, PendingValue SHALL be NULL. PendingValue SHALL have a value of at least one element from the CIM_BIOSEnumeration.PossibleValues array when the an instance of the central class represents an enumeration.CIM_BIOSAttribute

Property IsOrderedList Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThis property specifies that the Attribute represented makes up an ordered selection list with elements in the CurrentValue array. The element zero shall be first or least numbered element and incrementally increase to the end of the array. The least or first element may represent the highest priority in the ordered list.CIM_BIOSAttribute
ModelCorrespondencestringCIM_BIOSAttribute.CurrentValueCIM_BIOSAttribute

Property IsReadOnly Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThis property specifies if the underlying system BIOS or BIOSService will not allow the Attribute to be modified through calls tothe methods CIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSAttribute or CIM_BIOSService.SetBIOSDefaults. This does not mean the Attribute can not be modified through other means. Only that the CIM interfaceis not capable of making a changeCIM_BIOSAttribute

Property Caption Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe Caption property is a short textual description (one- line string) of the object.CIM_ManagedElement
MaxLenuint3264CIM_ManagedElement

Property Description Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringThe Description property provides a textual description of the object.CIM_ManagedElement

Property ElementName Qualifiers
NameTypeValueFrom Class
DescriptionstringA user-friendly name for the object. This property allows each instance to define a user-friendly name in addition to its key properties, identity data, and description information. Note that the Name property of ManagedSystemElement is also defined as a user-friendly name. But, it is often subclassed to be a Key. It is not reasonable that the same property can convey both identity and a user-friendly name, without inconsistencies. Where Name exists and is not a Key (such as for instances of LogicalDevice), the same information can be present in both the Name and ElementName properties.CIM_ManagedElement

Methods

Method Qualifiers

Parameters

Parameter Qualifiers

Associations this class can participate in

Association
Class
Reference
Class
Role
CIM_ParametersForMethodCIM_ManagedElementTheMethod
CIM_ParameterValueSourcesCIM_ManagedElementValueSource
CIM_SettingsDefineStateCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_StatisticsCIM_ManagedElementElement
CIM_SynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_SynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSyncedElement
CIM_StorageSynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_StorageSynchronizedCIM_ManagedElementSyncedElement
CIM_PolicySetAppliesToElementCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AuthorizationRuleAppliesToTargetCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_CredentialContextCIM_ManagedElementElementProvidingContext
CIM_IdentityContextCIM_ManagedElementElementProvidingContext
CIM_ComponentCIM_ManagedElementGroupComponent
CIM_ComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_ConcreteComponentCIM_ManagedElementGroupComponent
CIM_ConcreteComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_OrderedComponentCIM_ManagedElementGroupComponent
CIM_OrderedComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_ProductElementComponentCIM_ManagedElementPartComponent
CIM_DependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_DependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_HostedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_HostedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ScopedSettingCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_OrderedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_OrderedDependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_RelatedElementCausingErrorCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_RelatedElementCausingErrorCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_SparedCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_SparedCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_MetricDefForMECIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_MetricForMECIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_RecordAppliesToElementCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthenticationTargetCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthorizationSubjectCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_AuthorizationTargetCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementAsUserCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_ConcreteDependencyCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_ConcreteDependencyCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementSoftwareIdentityCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_IsSpareCIM_ManagedElementAntecedent
CIM_ProvidesServiceToElementCIM_ManagedElementDependent
CIM_ElementCapabilitiesCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementSettingDataCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ElementStatisticalDataCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_LogicalIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_LogicalIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSameElement
CIM_ConcreteIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_ConcreteIdentityCIM_ManagedElementSameElement
CIM_SWRManageableAspectCIM_ManagedElementSystemElement
CIM_MemberOfCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_OrderedMemberOfCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_MemberPrincipalCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_MemberOfStatusCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_ElementInPolicyRoleCollectionCIM_ManagedElementMember
CIM_OwningCollectionElementCIM_ManagedElementOwningElement
CIM_AbstractIndicationSubscriptionCIM_ManagedElementFilter
CIM_ElementConformsToProfileCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_DefaultElementCapabilitiesCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AssignedIdentityCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AuthorizedSubjectCIM_ManagedElementPrivilegedElement
CIM_AuthorizedTargetCIM_ManagedElementTargetElement
CIM_ElementSecuritySensitivityCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_RoleLimitedToTargetCIM_ManagedElementTargetElement
CIM_ElementLocationCIM_ManagedElementElement
CIM_ElementProfileCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_AffectedJobElementCIM_ManagedElementAffectedElement
CIM_OwningJobElementCIM_ManagedElementOwningElement
CIM_ServiceAffectsElementCIM_ManagedElementAffectedElement
CIM_ServiceAvailableToElementCIM_ManagedElementUserOfService
CIM_AvailableDiagnosticServiceCIM_ManagedElementUserOfService
CIM_AssociatedPowerManagementServiceCIM_ManagedElementUserOfService
CIM_SAPAvailableForElementCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement
CIM_ManagementSAPCIM_ManagedElementManagedElement