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– Make use of Intel SpeedStep technology to reduce power consumption. The
system will automatically adjust the CPU Speed depending on system load-
ing.
2. System Throttling
– Refers to a series of methods for reducing power consumption in computers
by lowering the clock frequency. APIs allow the user to lower the clock from
87.5% to 12.5%.
4.3.3 SUSI Utilities
PCM-3362 supports software Utility including Embedded Security ID, Monitoring util-
ity, eSOS.
4.3.3.1 Embedded Security ID
The embedded application is the most important property of a system integrator. It
contains valuable intellectual property, design knowledge and innovation, but it is
easily copied! The Embedded Security ID utility provides reliable security functions
for customers to secure their application data within embedded BIOS.
4.3.3.2 Monitoring utility
The Monitoring utility allows the customer to monitor system health, including volt-
age, CPU and system temperature and fan speed. These items are important to a
device; if critical errors happen and are not solved immediately, permanent damage
may be caused.
4.3.3.3 eSOS
The eSOS is a small OS stored in BIOS ROM. It will boot up in case of a main OS
crash. It will diagnose the hardware status, and then send an e-mail to a designated
administrator. The eSOS also provides remote connection: Telnet server and FTP
server, allowing the administrator to rescue the system.
4.3.4 SUSI Installation
SUSI supports many different operating systems. Each subsection below describes
how to install SUSI and related software on a specific operating system. Please refer
to the subsection matching your operating system.
4.3.4.1 Windows XP
In windows XP, you can install the library, drivers and demo programs onto the plat-
form easily using the installation tool--The SUSI Library Installer. After the installer
has executed, the SUSI Library and related files for Windows XP can be found in the
target installation directory. The files are listed in the following table.
Note! eSOS Utility support on PCM-3362 is required to have BIOS modifica-
tion.
Directory Contents
\Library „
Susi.lib
Library for developing the applications on Windows XP.
„ Susi.dll
Dynamic library for SUSI on Windows XP.