HP Armada 7300 Intelligent Manageability for Armada Portable PCs - Page 15

INTELLIGENT MANAGEABILITY FOR ARMADA PORTABLE PRODUCTS (cont.) ... Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Completing the Integration Management set of solutions, Compaq delivers full support and software required for the Desktop Management Interface including DMI Compliance. Compaq is a Steering Committee and Technical Committee member of the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF), the industry consortium that manages the DMI. As such, Compaq provides leadership for the PC industry by helping to form and adopt new standards. In the past, Compaq was the principle author of the original DMI Management Information File (MIF). More recently, Compaq was instrumental in the creation of the next-generation Common Information Model (CIM). DMI solutions transitioned, going from DMI 1.1 to DMI 2.0. DMI 2.0 delivers new functionality like a standard method for moving DMI information over the network (there was no standard for this prior to DMI 2.0), and a method for handling alert notifications. All Compaq Armada portable PCs are DMI 2.0 compliant and certified. The Insight Management Agent (version 3.50 and newer) delivers the necessary DMI software and is available on the Support Software CD and WWW site. Many management applications utilize the DMI to help manage devices on the network. Compaq has worked extensively with each of these vendors to ensure that DMI solutions are well integrated and thoroughly tested. Management Solutions Partners supporting DMI are: • Asset Software International (AssetPRO) • Computer Associates (UniCenter v. 2.1) • Intel (LANDesk Management Suite) • Hewlett Packard (Norton Administrator for Networks) • Network Associates, Inc. (Saber LAN Workstation or Zero Administration Client) • Seagate (WinLAND 4.0) • Tally Systems (NetCensus) 15