HP OmniBook 800CT - Figure 14 - DMI Components

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The following software is supplied with the DMI package:
• A Microsoft Windows utility, SETUP.EXE, to install and initialize the DMI software.
• A Windows utility, HP TopTools. After DMI is installed, this utility can be used to display
information about the computer through the DMI.
• A Management Information Format (MIF) file. This file contains information about
everything on the computer that can be controlled using DMI facilities, and is initialized
during installation.
• A component code, identifying the version of MIF file to use for specific models of HP
OmniBook Notebook PCs.
• Windows-compatible DMTF Service Layer software, which controls access to the DMI.
• A client agent. The HP Remote DMI Agent is a DMI application and also a network
server-side stream-based application. The Remote Agent is listening for Remote
Application connection requests. If the main window of the Remote Agent is hidden, then
no icon will appear on the screen when it is running.
Figure 14 provides a visual representation of the many components of the DMI package.
Management Applications
Management Interface (MI)
Service Layer
Component Interface (CI)
MIF
Database
Management
console
Desktop
management
application
LAN
management
application
Modem
Word
processor
Hard disk
CD-ROM
Spreadsheet
Printer
Manageable Products
Installation
or setup
program
Support
application
Figure 14 - DMI Components