Win32_BIOS, ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409

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Description

The Win32_BIOS class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services (BIOS) that are installed on the computer.

Win32_BIOS properties

Win32_BIOS has 27 properties (10 Local, 17 Derived)

NameOriginCIMType
BiosCharacteristicsWin32_BIOS18 [uint16]
BIOSVersionWin32_BIOS8 [string]
BuildNumberCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
CaptionCIM_ManagedSystemElement8 [string]
CodeSetCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
CurrentLanguageWin32_BIOS8 [string]
DescriptionCIM_ManagedSystemElement8 [string]
IdentificationCodeCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
InstallableLanguagesWin32_BIOS18 [uint16]
InstallDateCIM_ManagedSystemElement101 [datetime]
LanguageEditionCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
ListOfLanguagesWin32_BIOS8 [string]
ManufacturerCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
key
Name
CIM_ManagedSystemElement8 [string]
OtherTargetOSCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
PrimaryBIOSCIM_BIOSElement11 [boolean]
ReleaseDateWin32_BIOS101 [datetime]
SerialNumberCIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
SMBIOSBIOSVersionWin32_BIOS8 [string]
SMBIOSMajorVersionWin32_BIOS18 [uint16]
SMBIOSMinorVersionWin32_BIOS18 [uint16]
SMBIOSPresentWin32_BIOS11 [boolean]
key
SoftwareElementID
CIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]
key
SoftwareElementState
CIM_SoftwareElement18 [uint16]
StatusCIM_ManagedSystemElement8 [string]
key
TargetOperatingSystem
CIM_SoftwareElement18 [uint16]
key
Version
CIM_SoftwareElement8 [string]

Detailed description of Win32_BIOS properties

Local properties (10) of Win32_BIOS class

BiosCharacteristics property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description'The BiosCharacteristics property identifies the BIOS characteristics supported by the system as defined by the System Management BIOS Reference Specification'
Values['Reserved', 'Reserved', 'Unknown', 'BIOS Characteristics Not Supported', 'ISA is supported', 'MCA is supported', 'EISA is supported', 'PCI is supported', 'PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported', 'Plug and Play is supported', 'APM is supported', 'BIOS is Upgradeable (Flash)', 'BIOS shadowing is allowed', 'VL-VESA is supported', 'ESCD support is available', 'Boot from CD is supported', 'Selectable Boot is supported', 'BIOS ROM is socketed ', 'Boot From PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported', 'EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) Specification is supported', 'Int 13h - Japanese Floppy for NEC 9800 1.2mb (3.5", 1k Bytes/Sector, 360 RPM) is supported', 'Int 13h - Japanese Floppy for Toshiba 1.2mb (3.5", 360 RPM) is supported', 'Int 13h - 5.25" / 360 KB Floppy Services are supported', 'Int 13h - 5.25" /1.2MB Floppy Services are supported', 'Int 13h - 3.5" / 720 KB Floppy Services are supported', 'Int 13h - 3.5" / 2.88 MB Floppy Services are supported', 'Int 5h, Print Screen Service is supported', 'Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard services are supported', 'Int 14h, Serial Services are supported', 'Int 17h, printer services are supported', 'Int 10h, CGA/Mono Video Services are supported', 'NEC PC-98', 'ACPI supported', 'USB Legacy is supported', 'AGP is supported', 'I2O boot is supported', 'LS-120 boot is supported', 'ATAPI ZIP Drive boot is supported', '1394 boot is supported', 'Smart Battery supported']
BiosCharacteristics property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 2 namespaces
BIOSVersion property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The BIOSVersion array property contains the complete System BIOS information. In many machines, there can be several version strings stored in the Registry representing the system BIOS info. The property contains the complete set. '
BIOSVersion property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 4 namespaces
CurrentLanguage property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The CurrentLanguage property shows the name of the current BIOS language.'
CurrentLanguage property is in 2 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
InstallableLanguages property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description'The InstallableLanguages property indicates the number of languages available for installation on this system. Language may determine properties such as the need for Unicode and bi-directional text.'
InstallableLanguages property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 2 namespaces
ListOfLanguages property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The ListOfLanguages property contains a list of namesof available BIOS-installable languages.'
ListOfLanguages property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
ReleaseDate property
CIMTYPE'datetime'
Description'The ReleaseDate property indicates the release date of the Win32 BIOS in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.MMMMMM(+-)OOO.'
ReleaseDate property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 4 namespaces
SMBIOSBIOSVersion property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The SMBIOSBIOSVersion property contains the BIOS version as reported by SMBIOS.'
SMBIOSBIOSVersion property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 2 namespaces
SMBIOSMajorVersion property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description'The SMBIOSMajorVersion property contains the major SMBIOS version number. This property will be NULL if SMBIOS not found.'
SMBIOSMajorVersion property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 4 namespaces
SMBIOSMinorVersion property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description'The SMBIOSMinorVersion property contains the minor SMBIOS Version number. This property will be NULL if SMBIOS not found.'
SMBIOSMinorVersion property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 4 namespaces
SMBIOSPresent property
CIMTYPE'boolean'
Description'The SMBIOSPresent property indicates whether the SMBIOS is available on this computer system.
Values: TRUE or FALSE. If TRUE, SMBIOS is on this computer.'
SMBIOSPresent property is in 1 class (Win32_BIOS) of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 2 namespaces

Derived properties (17) of Win32_BIOS class

BuildNumber property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The internal identifier for this compilation of this software element.'
BuildNumber property is in 6 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 10 namespaces
Caption property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The Caption property is a short textual description (one-line string) of the object.'
Caption property is in 273 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 37 namespaces
CodeSet property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The code set used by this software element. '
CodeSet property is in 10 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 4 namespaces
Description property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The Description property provides a textual description of the object. '
Description property is in 329 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 142 namespaces
IdentificationCode property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description' The value of this property is the manufacturer's identifier for this software element. Often this will be a stock keeping unit (SKU) or a part number.'
IdentificationCode property is in 5 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
InstallDate property
CIMTYPE'datetime'
Description'The InstallDate property is datetime value indicating when the object was installed. A lack of a value does not indicate that the object is not installed.'
InstallDate property is in 223 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 23 namespaces
LanguageEdition property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The value of this property identifies the language edition of this software element. The language codes defined in ISO 639 should be used. Where the software element represents multi-lingual or international version of a product, the string multilingual should be used.'
LanguageEdition property is in 5 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
Manufacturer property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'Manufacturer of this software element'
Manufacturer property is in 54 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 17 namespaces
Name property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The name used to identify this software element'
keyTrue
Name property is in 306 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 142 namespaces
OtherTargetOS property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description' The OtherTargetOS property records the manufacturer and operating system type for a software element when the TargetOperatingSystem property has a value of 1 ("Other"). Therefore, when the TargetOperatingSystem property has a value of "Other", the OtherTargetOS property must have a non-null value. For all other values of TargetOperatingSystem, the OtherTargetOS property is to be NULL. '
OtherTargetOS property is in 5 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
PrimaryBIOS property
CIMTYPE'boolean'
Description'If true, this is the primary BIOS of the computer system.'
PrimaryBIOS property is in 2 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
SerialNumber property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The assigned serial number of this software element.'
SerialNumber property is in 30 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 24 namespaces
SoftwareElementID property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description' This is an identifier for this software element and is designed to be used in conjunction with other keys to create a unique representation of this CIM_SoftwareElement'
keyTrue
SoftwareElementID property is in 53 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
SoftwareElementState property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description' The SoftwareElementState is defined in this model to identify various states of a software elements life cycle. - A software element in the deployable state describes the details necessary to successful distribute it and the details (conditions and actions) required to create a software element in the installable state (i.e., the next state). - A software element in the installable state describes the details necessary to successfully install it and the details (conditions and actions required to create a software element in the executable state (i.e., the next state). - A software element in the executable state describes the details necessary to successfully start it and the details (conditions and actions required to create a software element in the running state (i.e., the next state). - A software element in the running state describes the details necessary to monitor and operate on a start element.'
keyTrue
Values['Deployable', 'Installable', 'Executable', 'Running']
SoftwareElementState property is in 53 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
Status property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The Status property is a string indicating the current status of the object. Various operational and non-operational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses are "OK", "Degraded" and "Pred Fail". "Pred Fail" indicates that an element may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future. An example is a SMART-enabled hard drive. Non-operational statuses can also be specified. These are "Error", "Starting", "Stopping" and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is on-line, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.'
Values['OK', 'Error', 'Degraded', 'Unknown', 'Pred Fail', 'Starting', 'Stopping', 'Service', 'Stressed', 'NonRecover', 'No Contact', 'Lost Comm']
Status property is in 225 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 42 namespaces
TargetOperatingSystem property
CIMTYPE'uint16'
Description'The TargetOperatingSystem property allows the provider to specify the operating system environment. The value of this property does not ensure binary executable. Two other pieces of information are needed. First, the version of the OS needs to be specified using the OS version check. The second piece of information is the architecture the OS runs on. The combination of these constructs allows the provider to clearly identify the level of OS required for a particular software element.'
keyTrue
Values['Unknown', 'Other', 'MACOS', 'ATTUNIX', 'DGUX', 'DECNT', 'Digital Unix', 'OpenVMS', 'HPUX', 'AIX', 'MVS', 'OS400', 'OS/2', 'JavaVM', 'MSDOS', 'WIN3x', 'WIN95', 'WIN98', 'WINNT', 'WINCE', 'NCR3000', 'NetWare', 'OSF', 'DC/OS', 'Reliant UNIX', 'SCO UnixWare', 'SCO OpenServer', 'Sequent', 'IRIX', 'Solaris', 'SunOS', 'U6000', 'ASERIES', 'TandemNSK', 'TandemNT', 'BS2000', 'LINUX', 'Lynx', 'XENIX', 'VM/ESA', 'Interactive UNIX', 'BSDUNIX', 'FreeBSD', 'NetBSD', 'GNU Hurd', 'OS9', 'MACH Kernel', 'Inferno', 'QNX', 'EPOC', 'IxWorks', 'VxWorks', 'MiNT', 'BeOS', 'HP MPE', 'NextStep', 'PalmPilot', 'Rhapsody', 'Windows 2000', 'Dedicated', 'VSE', 'TPF']
TargetOperatingSystem property is in 53 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 3 namespaces
Version property
CIMTYPE'string'
Description'The Version property contains the version of the BIOS. This string is created by the BIOS manufacturer. '
keyTrue
Version property is in 96 classes of ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409 and in 142 namespaces

Win32_BIOS Qualifiers

NameValueToInstanceToSubclassOverridableAmendedLocal
AMENDMENTTrue
Description'The Win32_BIOS class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services (BIOS) that are installed on the computer.'
LOCALE1033

Win32_BIOS System properties

NameValueOriginCIMTypeLocalArray
__PATH'\\.\ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409:Win32_BIOS'___SYSTEM8
__NAMESPACE'ROOT\CIMV2\ms_409'___SYSTEM8
__SERVER'.'___SYSTEM8
__DERIVATION['CIM_BIOSElement', 'CIM_SoftwareElement', 'CIM_LogicalElement', 'CIM_ManagedSystemElement']___SYSTEM8
__PROPERTY_COUNT27___SYSTEM3
__RELPATH'Win32_BIOS'___SYSTEM8
__DYNASTY'CIM_ManagedSystemElement'___SYSTEM8
__SUPERCLASS'CIM_BIOSElement'___SYSTEM8
__CLASS'Win32_BIOS'___SYSTEM8
__GENUS1___SYSTEM3

Similar Classes to Win32_BIOS

Number of classes:9
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AbstractSingleton
CIM_BIOSElement1170----
CIM_BIOSFeature0110----
CIM_BIOSFeatureBIOSElements020----
CIM_BIOSLoadedInNV040----
CIM_VideoBIOSElement0170----
CIM_VideoBIOSFeature0110----
CIM_VideoBIOSFeatureVideoBIOSElements020----
Win32_SMBIOSMemory2382----
Win32_SystemBIOS020----
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