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■ Diskette Drive Access Protection – includes support for
locking out diskette drive access when a user password
is provided.
■ Fixed Disk Boot Sector – provides a “Write Protected”
option that helps prevent viruses.
■ Backup Reminder Message – displays a periodic
reminder to the user to back up the system hard disk
files.
■ Virus Scan Reminder Message – displays a periodic
reminder to the user to scan for any viruses on the hard
disk.
See “Security Menu” in Chapter 2 for a complete list of
security options and information about setting them.
DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is the new
standard for managing computer systems. DMI is an
interface between management applications and managed
components such as systems, network boards, and printers
used with or without networked computers.
DMI allows a computer running a network management
application to retrieve system tracking information such as
memory capacity, disk capacity, expansion board settings,
or applications. It is easy to get the status of each system
via DMI even if the network consists of computers from
different manufacturers. DMI also supplies Plug and Play
capability. DMI is not a protocol but an interface. It
complements network protocols like the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
The DMI provides support for attributes such as system
serial number, product model number, and BIOS revision
number.
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