The rapid change and growth in the computer industry has produced myriad hardware and software products that users and network administrators need to understand, manage, and inventory. In 1992, the Distributed Management Task Force, Incorporated (DMTF), began developing a standard framework for managing and tracking components installed on a PC. The DMTF established the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) specification, which was developed for users to determine the hardware and software installed on a PC.
The DMI consists of the following components:
Consists of a set of programs that collects information from products, manages the MIF database, and passes information to management applications. Under Windows, the Service Provider starts running at system startup.
Handles communications between the Service Provider and management applications, and allows a management application to query and edit the MIF database. The MI lets a management application view and edit the MIF database. Unicenter Support for DMI is a management interface.
Allows a Component Instrumentation (CI) program that may come with a component to provide real-time component information. The CI handles communications between components and the Service Provider. The CI communicates with components that supply Component Instrumentation programs, which provide real-time access to the values for component attributes in the MIF database.
Contains information about hardware and software installed on a system. Each product that adheres to the DMI specification is shipped with a MIF. Upon installation of the component, information in the MIF file is stored in the MIF database. A MIF file may contain static information about a component, or it may describe how component data can be obtained through the component instrumentation.
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