Using NECCSD Utilities 2-29
DMI
The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) is the
industry-standard used to manage system components on
the computer. The PowerMate NetPC uses this standad
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
http:\\www.dmtf.org
.
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:
an integrated temperature sensor with configurable
interrupt generation based on upper and lower
temperature limits
a power supply monitor with configurable interrupt
generation based on upper and lower voltage limits
chassis intrusion detection with interrupt generation
capabilities.