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Desktop Management Interface (DMI), Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0
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| a management console when it is connected to the Port Replicator | with Advanced EtherJet feature installed. These features are: Desktop Management Interface (DMI) - Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0 - Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Version 2.0 defined by the Desktop Management Task Force - Tivoli LCF (Lightwight Client Framework) Remote program load (RPL) | PreBoot eXecutition Environment (PXE) Wake on LAN Waking up from suspend mode The following sections describe more about the functions and the software that provides these functions. Your computer supports the DMI function using the Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS), Tivoli LCF, explained in the following sections. Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Desktop Management Interface (DMI)4 is an interface for managing computers in a network. Using DMI, a system administrator can easily do an inventory of all the software and hardware of the computers on a network. DMI can be used to remotely track many types of information about networked computers, including serial numbers, memory attributes, product-specific characteristics of installed devices, and operating system configuration information. Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS) Version 2.0 The basic input/output system (BIOS) of your computer supports an interface called the Desktop Management BIOS (DMI BIOS). The DMI BIOS provides some of the hardware component information. It is the responsibility of the BIOS to supply this database with information about itself and the devices on the system board. The Chapter 8. Using System Management 131