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- DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
- v1.08
- DMI support for Intel 82557-based PCI adapters:
- EtherExpress PRO/10+ PCI
- EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100B TX
- EtherExpress PRO/100B T4
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-
- Overview
- ========
-
- This document includes:
-
- - How to get DMI working with your Intel 82557-based PCI adapter
-
- - What DMI is
-
- - How DMI works
-
- - What DMI needs
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- NOTE: Before proceeding, your computer must be DMI-ready. If your
- computer is not DMI-ready, you need to install a DMI Service Layer on
- your computer. Intel provides a combined DOS and Windows* Service Layer
- on its BBS and WWW page. Access one of these services and download the
- self-extracting file DMISL.EXE. Follow installation instructions in the
- DMISL.TXT file.
- _________________________________________________________________________
-
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- How to get DMI working with your adapter
- ========================================================================
-
- PRO/10+ PCI adapter:
-
- copy E10PPCI.MIF to the C:\DMI\DOS\MIFS directory and E10PPCI.OVL to
- the C:\DMI\DOS\BIN directory.
-
- PRO/100B TX or T4 adapter:
-
- copy E100B.MIF to the C:\DMI\DOS\MIFS directory and E100B.OVL to the
- C:\DMI\DOS\BIN directory.
-
- All adapters:
-
- Restart the Service Layer. Make sure you add the "o=11" parameter. For
- example,
-
- C:\DMI\DOS\BIN\SL o=11
-
- This installs DMI support for your adapter and in turn allows your
- adapter to be managed through the Desktop Management Interface.
-
- Note: Your adapter's network drivers must be loaded in order for
- management applications to manage your adapter. DMI support works with 16-
- bit DOS ODI and DOS NDIS 2.0 only.
-
-
- What DMI is
- ===========
-
- The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an emerging computer industry
- standard for managing computer components, such as your 82557-based
- EtherExpress adapter.
-
- Any desktop component designed to be DMI-compliant--your hard disk,
- operating system, software application, adapter--can dynamically
- communicate with management applications via the DMI.
-
- |```````````````| {`````} |```````````````````|
- | DMI-compliant | <====> { DMI } <====> | DMI-compliant |
- | Component | { } | Mgmt. Application |
- | | ````` | |
- ``````````````` ```````````````````
-
- In effect, the DMI is the middleman between DMI-compliant components and
- DMI-compliant management applications.
-
- Your PRO/10+ PCI LAN adapter is compliant with the DMI spec. 1.1.
-
-
- How DMI works
- =============
-
- At a fundamental level, DMI performs two functions: it stores information
- about components, and it provides the ability to query and change that
- information.
-
- Information about how a desktop component can be managed is stored in a
- Management Information Format (MIF) file. Each DMI-compliant component
- has its own MIF file that includes information like location of the
- component, vendor name, and installation date. When you install DMI
- support for a DMI-compliant component, an entry is made into the MIF
- Database by the Service Layer.
-
- The DMI Service Layer is software installed on desktop computers that use
- DMI. The Service Layer can be part of the computer's operating system, or
- it can be an add-on. For DOS, the Service Layer is an add-on loaded by a
- command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, just like network adapter drivers or
- disk-caching software.
-
- DMI-compliant management applications use the Service Layer to interact
- with a desktop component by querying for information ("What's the name of
- the component manufacturer?"), requesting a change ("Change your I/O
- address to 310"), or accepting a message ("I'm out of paper").
-
-
- What DMI needs
- ==============
-
- To use DMI, you need three things:
-
- - DMI Service Layer
-
- - DMI-compliant components and support software
-
- - DMI-compliant management application.
-
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- DMI Service Layer
- -----------------
-
- The DMI Service Layer can be part of your operating system or an add-on.
- Currently, service layers that work with DOS, OS/2* and Windows 3.1 have
- been developed by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF).
-
- Intel provides a combined DOS and Windows Service Layer on its BBS and
- WWW page. Access one of these services and download the self-extracting
- file DMISL.EXE.
-
-
- DMI-compliant components
- ------------------------
-
- Your 82557-based network adapter is a DMI-compliant component. Once you
- install your adapter, you still need to install the DMI support files, as
- described in the section "How to get DMI working with your adapter"
- above.
-
-
- DMI-compliant management applications
- -------------------------------------
-
- Management applications are available from a variety of sources. For
- example, Intel's LANDesk(TM) Manager 2.0 is a DMI-compliant management
- application. For more information about LANDesk Manager, visit our
- corporate home page on the world wide web. From the home page, click on
- SEARCH and specify LANDesk Manager to get the latest information.
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