Manageable Products; Ci Module; Dmi Browser - NEC POWERMATE VP Manual

Manageable Products

CI Module

DMI Browser

1-44 Using Your Computer
Manageable products are hardware, software, or peripher-
als that occupy or are attached to a desktop computer or
network server. These can be hard disks, word processors,
CD-ROMs, printers, operating systems, graphics boards,
modems, etc. Manageable products or components can
come with the system or be added later. Each component
supplies information to the MIF database by means of a
MIF file that contains the product's pertinent management
information.
The CI module is a Windows Direct Interface application
provided by NEC Technologies, Inc. The module uses the
CI to communicate with the SL and provides management
for a set of components defined in the PC system group
standard MIF. The NEC implementation of this MIF
provides management for a variety of attributes. Windows
starts the CI module which must be running in the back-
ground. The module is added to the Windows Start-Up
program group during DMI setup.
The NEC DMI Browser is a Windows application
provided by NEC Technologies. The Browser uses the MI
to provide access to MIF attributes and their respective
values and to provide the ability to set attributes and
manage DMI components.
The Browser is a local application; it only accesses the
local MIF database. The Browser lets you access MIF
attributes according to the structure defined by the DMTF.
It is not intended to be a general PC management
application. If a more comprehensive management
application is desired, use a product such as Intel
LanDesk Manager™.
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