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Building Blocks and Partners, Desktop Management Interface (DMI), Wired for Management

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Desktop Management ✎ Compaq has made the task of locating, accessing, evaluating, and installing the latest support software easier. You can download the software from the Compaq World Wide Web site at www.compaq.com. The Web site contains the latest device drivers, utilities, and flashable ROM images needed to run Windows 98, Windows Millenium, Windows 2000, and Windows NT Workstation on your Compaq commercial desktop product. If you call Compaq to place an order, be sure to have the serial number of your Personal Computer available. For the location of the serial number, refer to Quick Setup, "Step 2: Identify Rear Panel Components and Confirm Voltage Setting." This number is necessary for all purchases. Building Blocks and Partners Compaq management solutions are based on industry standards, including DMI 2.0, Web-Based Enterprise Management, Intel's "Wired for Management," SNMP, and Net PC technologies. Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Novell, Seagate, and other industry leaders work closely with Compaq to integrate their management solutions with Compaq products and initiatives, giving you, the Compaq customer, extraordinary flexibility and functionality in client management and PC ownership cost reduction. Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) is an industry body created in 1992 with the goal of standardizing systems manageability. DMTF established the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) framework to standardize access to PC configuration data. Compaq, as a Steering Committee and Technical Committee member of the DMTF, delivers hardware and software instrumentation that supports the DMI standard. For more information on configuring the DMI software, refer to the online Intelligent Manageability Guide. Wired for Management Intel's Wired for Management initiative is focused on reducing the support and administration cost of Intel architecture-based systems without compromising their flexibility and performance. The Wired for Management guidelines provide a baseline set of building blocks that Compaq utilizes in Intelligent Manageability to provide standardized management of desktop inventories, remote system configuration, off-hours maintenance, and next 6-24 Quick Setup & User's Guide

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Desktop Management
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Quick Setup & User’s Guide
Compaq has made the task of locating, accessing, evaluating, and installing
the latest support software easier. You can download the software from the
Compaq World Wide Website at www.compaq.com.
The Web site contains the latest device drivers, utilities, and flashable ROM
images needed to run Windows 98, Windows Millenium, Windows 2000, and
Windows NT Workstation on your Compaq commercial desktop product.
✎
If you call Compaq to place an order, be sure to have the serial number of your Personal
Computer available. For the location of the serial number, refer to
Quick Setup
, “Step 2: Identify
Rear Panel Components and Confirm Voltage Setting.” This number is necessary for all
purchases.
Building Blocks and Partners
Compaq management solutions are based on industry standards, including
DMI 2.0, Web-Based Enterprise Management, Intel's "Wired for
Management," SNMP, and Net PC technologies. Microsoft, Intel,
Hewlett-Packard, Novell, Seagate, and other industry leaders work closely
with Compaq to integrate their management solutions with Compaq products
and initiatives, giving you, the Compaq customer, extraordinary flexibility
and functionality in client management and PC ownership cost reduction.
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) is an industry body created in
1992 with the goal of standardizing systems manageability. DMTF
established the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) framework to
standardize access to PC configuration data. Compaq, as a Steering
Committee and Technical Committee member of the DMTF, delivers
hardware and software instrumentation that supports the DMI standard.
For more information on configuring the DMI software, refer to the online
Intelligent Manageability Guide
.
Wired for Management
Intel's Wired for Management initiative is focused on reducing the support
and administration cost of Intel architecture-based systems without
compromising their flexibility and performance. The Wired for Management
guidelines provide a baseline set of building blocks that Compaq utilizes in
Intelligent Manageability to provide standardized management of desktop
inventories, remote system configuration, off-hours maintenance, and next