Building Blocks And Partners; Desktop Management Interface (Dmi); Compaq Insight Manager And The Insight Management Agents - Compaq 127507-008 - Deskpro EP - 64 MB RAM Software Reference Manual

Building Blocks and
Partners

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Compaq Insight Manager and the Insight Management Agents

3-26 Intelligent Manageability
Compaq management solutions are based on industry standards,
including DMI 2.0, Web-Based Enterprise Management, Intel's
"Wired for Management," SNMP, and Net PC technologies.
Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, Seagate, 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.
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.
Using the industry-standard Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) found in Microsoft operating systems,
Compaq has continued the migration of management tools from
servers to desktops by enhancing Compaq Insight Manager.
Compaq Insight Manager allows the LAN administrator to
remotely view AssetControl data, configuration data, memory
change alerts, NIC performance data, and contact information.
The tool also provides access to the Fault Management features
of the Compaq Personal Computers.