Intel® DMI 2.0 Service Provider SDK Version 1.10 for Microsoft Win32*

The "DMI 2.0 Service Provider SDK Reference Manual," containing detailed information about the SDK and its source files and examples, is included with the SDK as an Adobe Acrobat* PDF file.

Benefits:

• DMI lowers the total cost of ownership by being an operating system and protocol-independent common framework for managing desktop systems and servers.
• Is the standard method for accessing and/or describing management information of platforms, reduces development costs, time to market.
• Vendors can build interoperable manageability into their products.
• DMI is Operating System/Network Operating System (OS/NOS) -independent that allows system vendors to support multiple market/customer segments with a single management strategy.
• Extensible Management Information Format (MIFs).
• Value-added management features can easily be built into products without prior knowledge of target platform configuration or viewing management applications.

Features:

• Independent of a specific computer or operating system.
• Independent of a specific management protocol.
• Easy for vendors to adopt.
• Usable locally—no network required.
• Mappable to existing management protocols (for example, CMIP, SNMP).
• The DMI procedural interfaces are specifically designed to be remotely accessible through the use of Remote Procedure Calls (RPC). The RPCs supported by the DMI include:
  • DCE/RPC
  • ONC/RPC
  • TI/RPC

Who should use the DMI SDK for Win32?

• PC OEMs that want to develop their own Graphical User Interface (GUI) on top of their instrumentation.
• Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who are developing products that utilize the benefits of DMI and have their own GUI.
• Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) who are developing products that utilize the benefits of DMI and have their own GUI.

The SDK provides the following:

• Service Provider installation and setup.
• Reference documentation (Desktop Management Task Force, Inc. [DMTF] standards, white papers and technical briefs).
• Standard Management Interface.

The SDK includes several elements:

• DMI 2.0 Service Provider establishes the link between managed products and the applications that deliver management value to users.
• Service Provider Setup Utility for OEMs "silently" installs the DMI 2.0 Service Provider and required components on a Windows* 95 and Windows NT* system. OEMs may use this utility in conjunction with their own product setup program to install the Intel DMI Service Provider on their customers' systems.
• DMI 2.0 Service Provider SDK Reference Manual provides an overview of the SDK, including installation instructions and options; an introduction to DMI technology; guidelines for developing DMI-enabled systems; tips for modeling MIF files; DMI 2.0 code samples and process diagrams; DMI SDK procedure library functions and code samples; an overview of the tools and utilities included in the SDK; and a comprehensive glossary of DMI terms.

Changes from previous release:

• The Intel DMI 2.0 Service Provider SDK Version 1.10 for Win32 implements a new feature that allows the configuration of the SP and indication server for selected RPC and transport protocols.
• The Intel DMI 2.0 Service Provider SDK Win 32 Version 1.10 implements a new feature that allows the control of the RPC functionality of the Service Provider at startup and during Service Provider execution.
• The client front-end API was extended in this release of the DMI SDK, to include new functions. You do not have to recompile or re-link existing applications.
• Several Service Provider problems were fixed, particularly in the national language support.

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