DMI (Desktop Management Interface)
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Overview
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This document includes:
- How to get DMI working with your EtherExpress(TM) PRO/100B 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 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.
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How to get DMI working with your EtherExpress PRO/100B 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 EtherExpress
PRO/100B 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
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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 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
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Your EtherExpress PRO/100B adapter is a DMI-compliant component. Once you
install your adapter, you still need to install the DMI support files,
E100B.MIF and E100B.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.
* Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
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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.
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