Compaq Armada 1100 White Paper page 4

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Program Designator
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PC95a
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Designed for
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Windows 95 Logo
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Compatible
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Windows NT
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Compatible Logo
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DFWNT
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Designed for
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Windows NT
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PC97
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Designed for
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Windows NT and
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95 Logo
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Table 2 - Microsoft Hardware Certification Programs
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Platforms displaying the Microsoft Designed for Windows NT and 95 logos must meet PC97
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criteria. As a matter of practice Compaq Armada portables must meet Windows logo certification
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criteria by first shipment. In order to make this happen, Microsoft certification tests are run
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throughout the platform development cycle and problems are resolved as they are uncovered.
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Refer to Table 1 for current Microsoft certification status for all Armada and LTE 5000 notebooks.
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For more information refer to the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/hwtest/.
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E S K T O P A N A G E M E N T
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Compaq delivers full support and software required for the Desktop Management Interface
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including DMI Compliance. Compaq is a Steering Committee and Technical Committee member
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of the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF), the industry consortium that manages the DMI.
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As such, Compaq provides leadership for the PC industry by helping to form and adopt new
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standards. In the past, Compaq was the principle author of the original DMI Management
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Information File (MIF). More recently, Compaq was instrumental in the creation of the next-
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generation Common Information Model (CIM).
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DMI solutions transitioned, going from DMI 1.1 to DMI 2.0. DMI 2.0 delivers new functionality
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like a standard method for moving DMI information over the network (there was no standard for
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this prior to DMI 2.0), and a method for handling alert notifications. All Compaq Armada portable
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. . PCs with the exception of the Armada 1100 Series are DMI compliant and certified. The Insight
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Management Agent (version 3.50 and newer; except 3.50B) delivers the necessary DMI 2.0
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software and is available on the Support Software CD and WWW
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(http://www.compaq.com/support/files/portables/us/index.html) site. Insight Management Agent
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Version 3.20 provides DMI 1.0 support.
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Many management applications utilize the DMI to help manage devices on the network. Compaq
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has worked extensively with each of these vendors to ensure that DMI solutions are well integrated
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Asset Software International (AssetPRO)
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PC97 requirements were implemented in three phases. Phase 1 began 7/97, Phase 2 in 1/98 and Phase 3 in 4/98.
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ERTIFICATION ROGRAMS
Operating
System Start End
Scope Date Date
Windows 95 7/95 6/97
Windows NT 7/95 6/96
Windows NT 7/96 6/97
Windows 95 7/97 1/98
Windows NT
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Description
Replaced by the Designed for Windows NT and
Windows 95 logo program.
Replaced by the Designed for Windows NT logo
program.
Replaced by the Designed for Windows NT and
Windows 95 Logo program.
PC97 criteria require qualification under both
Windows NT and Windows 95 in order to use the
Designed for Windows NT and Windows 95 Logo.
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