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WHITE PAPER (cont'd) Compaq Professional Workstation - Key Technologies Implementation Requirements Table 2 summarizes the requirements for implementing Intel's Alert on LAN on a Compaq Professional Workstation. Table 2. Implementation Requirements Requirement Description Hardware Compaq Professional Workstation with Intel 840 or future chipset. Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter. NIC drivers Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter driver 3.14 or later (included in the pre-install image of any Compaq Professional Workstation featuring an Intel 840 or future chipset, and an Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter). Alternatively, the latest Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter driver is available on the Compaq website at: http://www.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/software/1375.html Alert on LAN utilities The client-side software utility (agent) required by the Alert on LAN solution is not included with the Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter driver 3.1x. The user should download the agent on the Compaq website at http://www.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/software/1375.html The user should download the server-side software utility (proxy) from the Compaq website at http://www.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/1375.html Management console Support for NIC-based alerts is restricted to a few applications such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager 6.x and Intel LANDesk Client Manager 6.x and the future release of Compaq Insight Manager. AGP Introduced by Intel in late 1997, AGP has become an industry standard as Intel has placed significant technical and marketing efforts behind this technology. Many vendors began to deliver this technology when Intel introduced the enabling technology with its 440LX AGPset designed for Pentium II processors; however, the benefits of AGP were not realized immediately as some of the underlying infrastructure and support were not available. As time has progressed, AGP technology has come to the forefront and the underlying infrastructure is available. Core logic chipset support and AGP slots are required in a system to support an AGP graphics accelerator. AGP boards currently come in two form factors NLX and ATX. The NLX form factor is shorter than the ATX form factor; however, many times an extender bracket can be added to an NLX board so that it can fit in an ATX slot. With the introduction of the Intel 840 chipset, a third form factor is available called AGP Pro. To utilize the AGP protocol, several software components are required. Without these software components, a graphics accelerator can reside in the AGP slot, but is restricted to using PCI 66 protocol. Software support is required from the operating system, the graphics driver, and the GART miniport driver. The GART miniport driver is a mechanism that enables graphics applications to access main system memory for texture mapping functions. While the graphics driver and the GART miniport driver are developed by Compaq and/or its strategic graphics partners, operating system support is provided by Microsoft. Microsoft provides AGP support in Microsoft Windows 95 (Intel AGPset only), Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. 13