Why does BIOS Password Status not getting displayed using dmidecode for HP workstations?

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Issue

  • On HP workstations 8000 series and Z800 Series running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, dmidecode doesn't indicate whether a BIOS Admin Password is set or not, whereas this works for other Vendor Hardware.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x

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