Check if a BIOS password is set

DESCRIPTION

This script sample demonstrates how to confirm if a BIOS level password is set on a Dell client system. This script requires that Dell Command | Monitor (DCM) previously known as OMCI is installed on the system.

This script queries the WMI class DCIM_BiosPassword in the Dell namespace root\dcim\sysman. WMI namespace root\dcim\sysman is available if DCM is installed on the system.

 

BIOS Administrator password is reported as 'AdminPwd' and BIOS System password is reported as "SystemPwd'.

  

SCRIPT

<#  

.Synopsis  

   Confirm if a BIOS level password is set on a Dell client system.   

.Description

    This script queries the WMI class DCIM_BiosPassword in the Dell

    namespace root\dcim\sysman. Namespace root\dcim\sysman is available

    if DCM is installed on the system.

    BIOS Admin password is reported as 'AdminPwd' and BIOS System password

    is reported as "SystemPwd'.

 

#>

$dcm = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root -Class __Namespace | where-object Name -eq DCIM

if (!$dcm) {

    Write-Output "DCM is not installed. Exiting...."

    return

}

$passwords = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\dcim\sysman -classname dcim_biospassword 

$passwords | foreach-Object {

        $output = $_.AttributeName

  

        if ($_.IsSet -match "True") {

            $output += " is set on $env:COMPUTERNAME."

        }

        elseif ($_.IsSet -match "False") {

            $output += " is not set on $env:COMPUTERNAME."

        }

        else

        {

        }

        Write-Output $output

                    

    }