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DMI.TXT Driver File Contents (2560fx22.exe)

   DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
                                                                    
AT-2560FX

DMI support for the AT-2560 PCI adapter
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Overview
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This document includes:

-  How to get DMI working with your PCI 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. 
       Please contact your software vendor for DMI-compliant  
       support files and management applications.         
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How to get DMI working with your adapter
========================================

Once you've installed the DMI Service Layer on your computer copy 
the MIF and OVL files as follows:


1. Copy A2560.MIF to the C:\DMI\DOS\MIFS directory and A2560.OVL 
   to the C:\DMI\DOS\BIN directory.

2. 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 network drivers must be loaded in order for 
management applications to function.


What DMI is
===========

The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an emerging computer 
industry standard for managing computer components, such as your 
82557-based network 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.


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.


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).



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 Intel's 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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