Building Blocks And Partners; Desktop Management Interface (Dmi); Wired For Management - Compaq Deskpro 2000 Service & Reference Manual

3.5

Building Blocks and Partners

Compaq management solutions are based on industry standards, including DMI 2.0, Web-Based
Enterprise Management, Intel's "Wired for Management" (WfM), SNMP, and Net PC
technologies. Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, Veritas, Computer Associates, Tivoli,
and other industry leaders work closely with Compaq to integrate their management solutions
with Compaq products and initiatives, giving you, the Compaq customer, extraordinary flexibility
and functionality in client management and PC ownership cost reduction.
Compaq delivers desktop management solutions through the Compaq Management Solutions
Partners Program. The partnership ensures that the benefits of Intelligent Manageability are
accessible through a broad range of vendors. For more information and a list of Compaq
Management Solutions Partners and their products, visit
www.compaq.com/im/partners/index.html on the Compaq Web site.
3.5.1

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) is an industry body created in 1992 with the goal
of standardizing systems manageability. DMTF established the Desktop Management Interface
(DMI) framework to standardize access to PC configuration data. Compaq, as a Steering
Committee and Technical Committee member of the DMTF, delivers hardware and software
instrumentation that supports the DMI standard.
For more information on configuring the DMI software, refer to the online Intelligent
Manageability Guide.
3.5.2

Wired for Management

Intel's Wired for Management initiative is focused on reducing the support and administration
cost of Intel architecture-based systems without compromising their flexibility and performance.
The Wired for Management guidelines provide a baseline set of building blocks that Compaq
utilizes in Intelligent Manageability to provide standardized management of desktop inventories,
remote system configuration, off-hours maintenance, and next generation power management.
But Compaq doesn't stop with these baseline features. Additional capabilities have been
incorporated into Intelligent Manageability to provide an extensive solution for managing
networked computing environments.
Required Wired for Management technologies include:
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0
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Remote System Installation
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Remote Wakeup and Remote Shutdown
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ACPI-Ready Hardware
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SMBIOS
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Pre-boot execution (PXE) support
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