   DMI (Desktop Management Interface)

   Overview
   ========
      This document includes:
      -  How to get DMI working with your EtherExpress(TM) PRO/10 adapter
      -  What DMI is 
      -  How DMI works
      -  What DMI needs

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      |  NOTE: You need a DMI Service Layer installed on your computer. |
      |  Intel has plans to provide a combined DOS and Windows Service  |
      |  Layer on its BBS. Keep checking the BBS for updates.           |
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   How to get DMI working with your EtherExpress PRO/10 adapter
   ============================================================

      Once you've installed the DMI Service Layer on your computer,
      here's what you do:
    
	 -  Download PRODMI.EXE from the Intel BBS.
	   
      PRODMI.EXE is a self-extracting file that contains DMI support
      files for your adapter as well as instructions on how to install 
      these files.


   What DMI is
   ===========  

      The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is an emerging computer 
      industry standard for managing computer components, such as your 
      EtherExpress PRO/10 adapter. 

      Any desktop component -- your hard disk, operating system, software
      application, adapter -- designed to be DMI-compliant can dynamically
      communicate with management applications via the DMI.


	 |```````````````|        {`````}        |```````````````````|
	 | DMI-compliant | <====> { DMI } <====> |   DMI-compliant   |
	 |   Component   |        {     }        | Mgmt. Application |
	 |               |         `````         |                   |
	  ```````````````                         ```````````````````
 
      In effect, the DMI is the middleman between DMI-compliant components
      and DMI-compliant management applications.
  
     
   How DMI works
   ============

      At a fundamental level, DMI performs two functions: it stores 
      information about components, and it provides the ability to 
      query and change that information.

      Information about how a desktop component can be managed
      is stored in a Management Information Format (MIF) file. Each 
      DMI-compliant component has its own MIF file that includes 
      information like location of the component, vendor name, and 
      installation date. When you install DMI support for a DMI-
      compliant component, an entry is made into the MIF Database
      by the Service Layer. 

      The DMI Service Layer is software installed on desktop computers 
      that use DMI. The Service Layer can be part of the computer's 
      operating system, or it can be an add-on. For DOS, the Service
      Layer is an add-on loaded by a command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file,
      just like network adapter drivers or disk-caching software.

      DMI-compliant management applications use the Service Layer to
      interact with a desktop component by querying for information
      ("What's the name of the component manufacturer?"), requesting
      a change ("Change your I/O address to 310."), or accepting a 
      message ("I'm out of paper."). 
   

   What DMI needs
   ==============

      To use DMI, you need three things: 
	 - DMI Service Layer
	 - DMI-compliant components and support software
	 - DMI-compliant management application. 

	 DMI Service Layer
	 ----------------- 
	 The DMI Service Layer can be part of your operating system or 
	 an add-on. Currently, service layers that work with DOS, OS/2*
	 and Windows* 3.1 have been developed by the Desktop Management 
	 Task Force (DMTF).  
 
	 Intel has plans to provide a combined DOS and Windows Service 
	 Layer on its BBS. Keep checking the BBS for updates.

	 DMI-compliant components
	 ------------------------
	 Your EtherExpress PRO/10 adapter is a DMI-compliant component. 
	 Once you install your adapter, you still need to install the 
	 DMI support files, EPRODMI.MIF and EPRODMI.OVL. See the start
	 of this document for more details.
   
	 DMI-compliant management applications
	 -------------------------------------
	 Management applications are available from a variety of sources. 
	 For example,  Intel's LANDesk(TM) Manager 2.0 is a DMI-compliant 
	 management application. For more information about LANDesk 
	 Manager, get FaxBack #0128.


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