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These features are: Desktop Management Interface (DMI) - Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0 - Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Version 2.0 defined by the Desktop Management Task Force Remote program load (RPL) PreBoot eXecutition Environment (PXE) Wake on LAN | Waking up from suspend mode by incoming call | Universal Management Agent (UMA) | Asset ID EEPROM The following sections tell you more about the functions and the software that provides these functions. Your computer supports the DMI function using the Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS). Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Desktop Management Interface (DMI)4 is an interface for managing computers in a network. Using DMI, a system administrator can easily make an inventories of all the software and hardware of the computers on a network. DMI can be used to remotely track many types of information about networked computers, including serial numbers, memory attributes, product-specific characteristics of installed devices, and operating system configuration information. Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0 The basic input/output system (BIOS) of your computer supports an interface called the Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS). The DMI BIOS provides some of the hardware component information. It is the responsibility of the BIOS to supply this database with information about itself and the devices on the system board. The DMI BIOS Specification documents the standards for accessing this BIOS information. 4 DMI is a standard defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) for gathering information about the hardware and software in your computer so that network administrators can remotely monitor and control it. Chapter 9. Using System Management 163

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These features are:
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
–
Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0
–
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Version 2.0 defined by
the Desktop Management Task Force
Remote program load (RPL)
PreBoot eXecutition Environment (PXE)
Wake on LAN
|
Waking up from suspend mode by incoming call
|
Universal Management Agent (UMA)
|
Asset ID EEPROM
The following sections tell you more about the functions and the
software that provides these functions.
Your computer supports the DMI function using the Desktop
Management BIOS (DMI BIOS).
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
4
is an interface for managing
computers in a network.
Using DMI, a system administrator can
easily make an inventories of all the software and hardware of the
computers on a network.
DMI can be used to remotely track many
types of information about networked computers, including serial
numbers, memory attributes, product-specific characteristics of
installed devices, and operating system configuration information.
Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0
The basic input/output system (BIOS) of your computer supports an
interface called the Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS).
The
DMI BIOS provides some of the hardware component information.
It
is the responsibility of the BIOS to supply this database with
information about itself and the devices on the system board.
The
DMI BIOS Specification documents the standards for accessing this
BIOS information.
4
DMI is a standard defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) for gathering information about the hardware and software in your
computer so that network administrators can remotely monitor and control it.
Chapter 9.
Using System Management
163