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First create an instance of Rest or Redfish Object using the **RestObject** or
**RedfishObject** class respectively. The class constructor takes iLO hostname/
ip address formatted as a string ("https://xx.xx.xx.xx"), iLO login username
and password as arguments. The class also initializes a login session, gets
systems resources and message registries.

Rest Object creation:

.. code-block:: python

 REST_OBJ = RestObject(iLO_https_host, login_account, login_password)

Redfish Object creation:

.. code-block:: python

 REDFISH_OBJ = RedfishObject(iLO_https_host, login_account, login_password)

Example 35: Set BIOS ISCSI
==========================

The method **ex35_set_bios_iscsi** takes an instance of rest object (or redfish
object if using Redfish API) and iSCSI settings as arguments.

.. code-block:: python

 def ex35_set_bios_iscsi(restobj, bios_properties, bios_password=None):

Find and get the iSCSI settings URI from the systems resources collection.

.. code-block:: python

 instances = restobj.search_for_type("HpiSCSISoftwareInitiator.")

For the iSCSI settings, prepare the request body with only the iSCSI settings
we want to change and perform the PATCH request.

.. code-block:: python

 for instance in instances:
     response = restobj.rest_patch(instance["href"], bios_properties, \
                                   bios_password)
     restobj.error_handler(response)

A successful PATCH response will set the iSCSI settings to the new values
provided, however the changes will go into effect only after a system reset or
reboot.

**Note:** The Bios. type is not supported in Gen9 servers for Redfish but the
example includes Redfish implementation for Redfish Bios. type support in
Gen10. Rest works as intended.
