HP dx7200 HP Client Management Interface Technical White Paper - Page 4

Architecture Systems management technology has matured in recent years with the widespread adoption of the Common Information Model (CIM) and Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) as a vendor-neutral method for describing the myriad of management elements available across the enterprise from client systems to storage area networks. This trend has made management of enterprise resources easier, and systems management applications more powerful in their ability to interpret heterogeneous management information. Windows Management Instrumentation is Microsoft's implementation of the WBEM initiative, and is available as a component of the operating system. WMI uses the CIM standard to represent systems, applications, networks, devices, and other managed components. WMI can be used to automate administrative tasks in an enterprise environment. WMI features query-based information retrieval, relationship and data modeling, event subscription services, and access from any programming language capable of supporting Component Object Model (COM)1, such as C++, Visual Basic, or scripting languages under Windows Scripting Host. HP Client Management Interface Model N etwork Client OS Hardware HP Client Management Interface leverages WMI to surface management information directly from the hardware and system BIOS, and in doing so gains all the benefits associated with the WMI interface to management information. 1 Component Object Model is a specification developed by Microsoft. It provides the framework for technologies such as ActiveX. 4