SUPER 370SBA/370SBM/370SLA/370SLM User's Manual
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Client Manager (LDCM) Support
As the computer industry grows, PC systems have become more complex and
harder to manage. Historically, only experts have been able to fully understand
and control these complex systems. Today's users want manageable systems
that they can interact with automatically. Client Manager enables both admin-
istrators and clients to:
• Review system inventory
• View DMI-compliant component information
• Back up and restore system configuration files
• Troubleshoot
• Receive notifications of system events
• Transfer files to and from client workstations
• Remotely boot up client workstations
1-6 ACPI/PC 98 Features
ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. The ACPI speci-
fication defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a stan-
dard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system,
including its hardware, operating system and application software. This enables
the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD-ROMs,
network cards, hard disk drives and printers. This also includes consumer
devices connected to the PC such as VCRs, TVs, telephones and stereos.
In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI pro-
vides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating
system-independent interface for configuration control. ACPI leverages the Plug
and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture-indepen-
dent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 98 and Windows NT
5.0.
Microsoft OnNow
The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive, system-wide approach to sys-
tem and device power control. OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but
appears off and responds immediately to user or other requests.
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