DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
Overview
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This document includes:
- How to get DMI working with your TokenExpress(TM) PRO adapter
- What DMI is
- How DMI works
- What DMI needs
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| NOTE: You need a DMI Service Layer installed on your computer. |
| Intel has plans to provide a combined DOS and Windows Service |
| Layer on its BBS. Keep checking the BBS for updates. |
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How to get DMI working with your TokenExpress PRO adapter
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Once you've installed the DMI Service Layer on your computer,
here's what you do:
- Download PRODMI.EXE from the Intel BBS.
PRODMI.EXE is a self-extracting file that contains DMI support
files for your adapter as well as instructions on how to install
these files.
What DMI is
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The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an emerging computer
industry standard for managing computer components, such as your
TokenExpress PRO adapter.
Any desktop component -- your hard disk, operating system, software
application, adapter -- designed to be DMI-compliant can dynamically
communicate with management applications via the DMI.
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| DMI-compliant | <====> { DMI } <====> | DMI-compliant |
| Component | { } | Mgmt. Application |
| | ````` | |
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In effect, the DMI is the middleman between DMI-compliant components
and DMI-compliant management applications.
How DMI works
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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
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To use DMI, you need three things:
- DMI Service Layer
- DMI-compliant components and support software
- DMI-compliant management application.
DMI Service Layer
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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 has plans to provide a combined DOS and Windows Service
Layer on its BBS. Keep checking the BBS for updates.
DMI-compliant components
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Your TokenExpress PRO adapter is a DMI-compliant component.
Once you install your adapter, you still need to install the
DMI support files, TPRODMI.MIF and TPRODMI.OVL. See the start
of this document for more details.
DMI-compliant management applications
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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, get FaxBack #0128.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.