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1 Introduction This chapter defines some DMI-specific terms and provides an overview of the DMI system Terminology This section defines some of the DMI-specific terms used in this guide. Component Interface API DMI's term for the interface that manages communication between the service provider and manageable products allowing components to be seen and managed by DMI-enabled applications. (See also "Management Interface API" on page 14.) Component A component is a grouping of data that can describe any of the following: • Any piece of hardware. Some examples are a CPU, a network interface card or a pointing device. • Any software subsystem. Some examples are a file system, an operating system or print spooling. • Any installed software application. Some examples are word processing programs, compilers or spread sheet applications. • Any arbitrary grouping of data that a developer wants to retrieve or set through DMI. Component Instrumentation (CI) The component instrumentation is the software that provides the component provider functions. It gathers the dynamic data that makes up a component and provides it to the MIF database. 13

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1
Introduction
This chapter defines some DMI-specific terms and provides an overview
of the DMI system
Terminology
This section defines some of the DMI-specific terms used in this guide.
Component Interface API
DMI's term for the interface that manages communication between the
service provider and manageable products allowing components to be
seen and managed by DMI-enabled applications. (See also
“Management Interface API” on page 14.)
Component
A component is a grouping of data that can describe any of the
following:
•
Any piece of hardware. Some examples are a CPU, a network
interface card or a pointing device.
•
Any software subsystem. Some examples are a file system, an
operating system or print spooling.
•
Any installed software application. Some examples are word
processing programs, compilers or spread sheet applications.
•
Any arbitrary grouping of data that a developer wants to retrieve or
set through DMI.
Component Instrumentation (CI)
The component instrumentation is the software that provides the
component provider functions. It gathers the dynamic data that makes
up a component and provides it to the MIF database.