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Optimized WQL Queries: Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI and
CDM Providers User Guide
Overview
Getting the Settings for a Particular Adapter, VLAN, or Team
Getting One Setting
Overview
The WMI Provider is optimized to allow applications to get settings using queries. The WMI Provider can recognize the
following queries and will only return the objects that match. All other queries will result in the WMI Provider getting all the
settings on all objects and CIMOM will filter them before they reach the application. With several adapters, teams, and VLANs,
this can cause a delay of several seconds when retrieving required data.
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Getting the Settings for a Particular Adapter, VLAN, or Team
The following query will get only the settings for a particular adapter, VLAN or team. WQL does not allow any additional
clauses in the WHERE clause.
ASSOCIATORS OF {IANet_Configuration path} WHERE AssocClass = IANet_SettingContext
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Getting One Setting
The following query can be used to get a single setting for an object without querying to get them all:
SELECT * FROM [SETTING CLASS] WHERE ParentId="[Device ID]" AND ParentType="[type]" AND
Caption="[SETTING NAME]"
Notes:
The class must be the exact setting class, not a base class (e.g. IANet_SettingInt).
Acceptable ParentTypes are "NIC", "Team" , "VLAN" or "BootAgent".
ParentId is the GUID that uniquely defines the object with the setting (for an adapter, this is the DeviceId).
This is not a recommended method of getting the settings associated for an object; the preferred method is use
associations. However, WQL does not support the complex query required (i.e., WQL does not support ASSOCIATORS
OF {IANet_Configuration path} WHERE AssocClass = IANet_SettingContext AND Caption="[SETTING NAME]")
Please read all restrictions and disclaimers .
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