BIOS Management with PowerShell
Hewlett-Packard’s Client Management Interface and Dell’s OpenManage Client Instrumentation allow their hardware to be managed through various enterprise management tools. After installing the CMI or OMCI client, the BIOS on these computers can be accessed using Windows Management Instrumentation.
HP Boot Order
$bios = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosSetting
($bios | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq 'Boot Order'}).Value.Split(',')
Dell Boot Order
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/dellOMCI -Class Dell_BootDeviceSequence |
Select BootDeviceName, BootOrder, Status |
Sort-Object BootOrder |
Format-Table -AutoSize
HP BIOS Settings
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class hp_biosEnumeration |
Format-Table Name,Value -AutoSize
Modifying HP Setting
$bios = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root/hp/instrumentedBIOS -Class HP_BIOSSettingInterface
$bios.SetBIOSSetting('After Power Loss', 'On')