SUPER 370SBA/370SBM/370SLA/370SLM User's Manual
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Intel LANDesk
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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 under-
stand and control these complex systems. Today's users want manageable
systems that interact automatically with the user. Client Manager enables
both administrators and clients to:
• Review system inventory
• View DMI-compliant component information
• Back-up and restore system configuration files
• Troubleshoot
• Receive notification for system events
• Transfer files to and from client workstations
• Remotely reboot client workstations
1-6 ACPI/PC 98 Features
ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface. The ACPI
specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides
a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC
system, including 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, phones, and
stereos.
In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI
provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operat-
ing system-independent interface for configuration control. ACPI leverages
the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architec-
ture-independent 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
system 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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