BIOS Management with PowerShell

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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

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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')

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