DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE ____________________________ The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is a standard framework for managing the information provided by the components of PC systems. DMI was created by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF). The DMTF is a cooperative, industry-wide effort formed to bring management, ease of use, and control to PC systems. The DMI architecture utilizes a service layer, a local program that collects information from the components of the PC system and passes the information to management applications. The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation couples the adapter's device driver to the service layer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- *--------------------------------* *--------------------------------* | | Management Applications/Agents |-* *--------------------------------* *-----------------------------------------------------* | DMI service layer | *-----------------------------------------------------* *---------------------------* *-----------------* | IBM LAN adapter | | other |-* | component instrumentation | | component | | *---------------------------* | instrumentation | | *-----------------* | *---------------------------* *-----------------* | device driver | *---------------------------* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For additional information about the DMTF or DMI, refer to URL HTTP://WWW.DMTF.ORG. LAN ADAPTER INSTRUMENTATION FOR OS/2 The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation is implemented as a protocol stack in OS/2. Currently, the protocol stack supports NDIS 2 device drivers. The protocol stack implementation allows the instrumentation to get and set attributes for any IBM NDIS 2 device driver without requiring changes to the device driver. The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation for OS/2 is on this Diskette Desktop Management Interface 1 For OS/2 Warp, Version 4, the DMI service layer and its associated browser and agent applications are contained in the base OS. For earlier versions of OS/2, the DMI service layer can be installed separately. Information about acquiring the DMI service layer and its browser and agent applications can be found at URL HTTP://WWW.RALEIGH.IBM.COM/SHA/SHAHOME.HTML. in the \DMI\OS2 directory. Automatic Installation The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation can be installed like any other protocol stack by using MPTS. Follow these steps. 1. Start MPTS (double-click the MPTS icon). 2. Select CONFIGURE. 3. Select CONFIGURE again. 4. Select OTHER PROTOCOLS.... 5. When prompted for an installation diskette, insert this Diskette. Change from the default directory of A:\ to A:\DMI\OS2, and then press ENTER. The files will be copied to the system. 6. Bind the IBM LAN adapter instrumentation protocol for the adapters you want managed via DMI, by selecting ADD. Select OK when you have finished. 7. Exit the MPTS installation process. NOTE: The installation procedure copies MACDMI2.EXE and MACDMI.MIF to the \IBMCOM\PROTOCOL directory, which is not usually in the PATH statement. You must ensure that these files reside in a directory that is in your PATH. Manual Installation The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation can be also be installed manually by following these steps. 1. Install the executable (MACDMI2.EXE) and its files: Copy MACDMI2.EXE and MACDMI.MIF to a directory included in your PATH statement. 2. Install the protocol driver (MACDMI.OS2) and its files. The following example uses <install_dir> to represent the install directory. 2 a. Copy MACDMI.OS2, MACDMI.NIF, MDM.MSG and MDMH.MSG to <install_dir>. b. Ensure that <install_dir> is in your DPATH state- ment. c. Update your CONFIG.SYS file to contain the entry: DEVICE=C:<install_dir>\MACDMI.OS2 d. Add a section to your system's PROTOCOL.INI file for the IBM LAN adapter instrumentation [MACDMI] DRIVERNAME = MACDMI$ e. Add a bindings entry to the system's PROTOCOL.INI file to indicate which NDIS 2 drivers you want to be managed by DMI. An example of a complete PROTOCOL.INI entry would be: [MACDMI] DRIVERNAME = MACDMI$ Bindings = IBMTRP_nif, IBMTRP2_nif Starting the IBM LAN Adapter Instrumentation The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation, MACDMI2.EXE, can be started at an OS/2 command prompt, with the RUN command in CONFIG.SYS or with the START command. The OS/2 DMI service layer must be started before the instrumentation. The first time the instrumentation runs, it will install the IBM LAN adapter components into the OS/2 service layer's database. The instrumentation displays messages indicating the status of the procedure. If you want to change the LAN adapter that is to be managed, just go into MPTS and bind the IBM LAN adapter instrumentation protocol to the adapters you want managed. The next time the instrumentation is started, it will install (if necessary) additional LAN adapter components into the OS/2 service layer's database. IBM LAN Adapter Instrumentation Messages Look in LANTRAN.LOG for error messages from MACDMI.OS2. Use the OS/2 Help Facility to get additional information on any MDMxxxxx error messages reported by MACDMI2.EXE or MACDMI.OS2. For example: enter HELP MDM0041. Desktop Management Interface 3 Managing IBM LAN Adapters Locally Once the OS/2 DMI service layer and the IBM LAN adapter instrumentation have been started, the management infor- mation file (MIF) browser can be used to view and set LAN adapter attributes. The MIF browser icon is located in the IBM SystemView Agent folder along with SystemView Agent documentation. The MIF browser provides a hierar- chical representation of the groups and attributes of each manageable component in the system. LAN ADAPTER INSTRUMENTATION FOR NT The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation is implemented as a ring-3 executable program in NT. The executable program supports NDIS 3 device drivers. The instrumentation allows users to retrieve attributes for any IBM NDIS 3 device driver without requiring changes to the device driver. The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation for NT is on this Diskette Information about acquiring the Win32 DMI service layer and its browser and agent applications can be found at URL HTTP://WWW.RALEIGH.IBM.COM/SHA/SHAHOME.HTML. in the \DMI\NT directory. Installation Copy all the files from A:\DMI\NT to the desired direc- tory on your system. Starting the IBM LAN Adapter Instrumentation The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation for NT, MACDMINT.EXE, can be started like any other executable file. The NT DMI service layer must be started before the instrumenta- tion. The first time the instrumentation runs it will install the IBM LAN adapter components into the NT service layer's database. The instrumentation displays messages indicating the status of the procedure. The instrumentation will manage all the LAN adapters in the system. 4 IBM LAN Adapter Instrumentation Messages The IBM LAN adapter instrumentation will display messages on the screen. Managing IBM LAN Adapters Locally Once the Win32 DMI service layer and the IBM LAN adapter instrumentation have been started, the MIF browser can be used to view LAN adapter attributes. The MIF browser icon is located in the IBM SystemView Agent folder along with SystemView Agent documentation. The MIF browser provides a hierarchical representation of the groups and attributes of each manageable component in the system. SNMP MANAGEMENT OF IBM LAN ADAPTERS The IBM LAN adapters can be managed by any application using standard SNMP operations. SNMP managment is accom- plished by utilizing the SNMP agent and DMI subagent sup- plied with the IBM SystemView Agent. The DMI subagent translates a MIB variable into the corresponding DMI MIF attribute. In order to manage the IBM LAN adapters using SNMP, follow the steps outlined below for the end station and the manager's station. These are the files necessary to use SNMP to manage IBM LAN adapters. The files are all located on this Diskette in the \DMI\SNMPMGRS directory. o MACDMI.MAP--mapping file fragment, correlates SNMP object identifier (OID) to DMI component. Used in the end station. o MACDMI.MIB--SNMP MIB file that describes the manage- able attributes of the IBM LAN adapters. Used by most SNMP manager platforms. o MACDMI.DEF--MIB definition file that describes attri- butes of IBM LAN adapters. Used by NetView for Windows. End Station Setup Add the contents of the MACDMI.MAP file to the existing entries in the DMISA.MAP mapping file. The mapping file provides the correlation between the SNMP OID(s) and the DMI component(s). The mapping file is located in the directory <sva_path>\BIN\AGENT, where <sva_path> is an environment variable defined during installation. Desktop Management Interface 5 NOTE: Some earlier versions of the SystemView Agent defined the <netview_path> environment variable for installation. Start these programs for an OS/2 END STATION: SNMP agent (SNMPD.EXE), DMI subagent (DMISA.EXE), and the LAN adapter instrumentation (MACDMI2.EXE). Start these programs for an NT END STATION: SNMP agent (SNMPD.EXE), DMI subagent (DMISA32.EXE), and the LAN adapter instrumentation (MACDMINT.EXE). Manager Station Setup The general steps to setup any SNMP management platform are: 1. Copy the MIB/DEF file to the appropriate directory (where all the other MIB/DEF files are located). 2. Load or "install" the MIB/DEF file into the manager's database. The specific setup instructions for a couple SNMP manage- ment platforms are described below. o NetView for AIX The MIB Browser operates directly on the MIB file (MACDMI.MIB). Copy MACDMI.MIB to the \usr\OV\snmp_mibs directory. To load the MIB: start NetView for AIX, select OPTIONS and then the LOAD/UNLOAD MIB option. 6 To view the LAN adapter attributes, select TOOLS and then the MIB BROWSER option. Use the DOWN TREE option to traverse the MIB tree and locate the LAN adapter attributes. The path through the MIB tree is: internet->private->enterprises->ibm-> ibmArchitecture->ibmDmi->mibsFromMifs-> ibmLanAdapter->dmtfGroups Click on START QUERY to obtain the value of a MIB attribute. o NetView for Windows The MIB Browser operates on the MIB definition file (MACDMI.DEF) that defines the structure of the MIB. The default path for this file is the <install_dir>\BIN\DEF_FILE directory. The default <install_dir> is NVWIN. Copy MACDMI.DEF to the <install_dir>\BIN\DEF_FILE directory and copy MACDMI.MIB to the <install_dir>\BIN\MIBS directory. To view the LAN adapter attributes, use the MIB Browser function and the LOAD MIB TREE option to load the MIB definition file (MACDMI.DEF). This will display the tree of MIB attributes that represent the LAN adapter. Double-click any MIB attribute to obtain its value. Double-click a second time to graph the value; this would be useful for an attri- bute such as Ring Utilization. Desktop Management Interface 7Download Driver Pack
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