Dmi; Monitoring Capabilities - NEC POWERMATE ENTERPRISE NETPC Service Manual

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DMI

The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is the industry-standard used to manage system
components on the computer. The PowerMate NetPC uses this standard along with
LANDesk Client Manager to ensure interoperability among different vendor's computers.
Examples of system components are network interface cards and software applications.
System components provide a Management Information Format (MIF) file to be DMI-
compliant. The information file describes component attributes that can be managed.
Client Manager can be used to "get" attribute information on system components. It can
also be used to "set" attribute values in real time.
More information on DMI is available on the World Wide Web at

Monitoring Capabilities

The PowerMate NetPC computer has a chip (NEC MagicEye™ technology) mounted on
the system board that supports many new and advanced real-time monitoring capabilities
used by DMI. This chip provides the following features:
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an integrated temperature sensor with configurable interrupt generation based on
upper and lower temperature limits
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a power supply monitor with configurable interrupt generation based on upper
and lower voltage limits
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chassis intrusion detection with interrupt generation capabilities.
To take advantage of these features, DMI has expanded its interface in the following areas:
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Interrupts can be enabled or disabled.
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High and low limits can be set and are displayed for temperature and power
supply voltages.
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Current readings are displayed for temperature, power supply voltages, and
chassis state.
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Interrupts can be detected when "out of range" conditions occur. User prompts
are displayed to alert the user to a potentially harmful condition.
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