Remote Services Operations 45
Managing NICs
Use this feature to get a detailed list of all the NICs embedded in the system
and set the different attributes of a specific NIC.
For more information on the Simple NIC profile, see the "Simple NIC
Profile" on page 58.
Displaying the NIC Inventory
• Perform the Enumerate operation on the
DCIM_NICView
class to
display the instance properties of all (Broadcom and Intel) the NICs
embedded in
the system.
• Perform the Get operation on the class using the correct instance IDs of
the required NIC to display the related properties.
Displaying the NIC Attributes
• Perform the Enumerate operation on one of the
DCIM_NICAttribute
classes (
DCIM_NICEnumeration
,
DCIM_NICInteger
, and
DCIM_NICString
) to display all available attributes and possible values
of all the NICs
embedded in
the system.
• Perform the Get operation on the one of the
DCIM_NICAttribute
classes
to display the NIC attributes. For specific sub-class attribute information,
use the correct instance ID along with the attribute name listed in the sub-
class.
Setting the NIC Attributes
To set the attributes:
1
Identify the applicable instance ID.
2
Confirm the IsReadOnly field is set to false.
3
Before invoking the
SetAttribute()
or
SetAttributes()
method, note the
instance information that you got in step 1 and prepare the input
parameters.
4
Invoke the
SetAttribute()
or
SetAttributes()
method.
5
Run the Get command on the attribute to see updated value in the
pending field.
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