Chapter 1 - FTP Directory Listing

Chapter 4 - Supported SoftwareSupported Software44.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI)The system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS. DMI, alongwith the appropriately networked software, is designed to makeinventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier.With DMI, a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotelyaccess some information about a particular computer system withoutphysically going to it. Quite often a service call may be unnecessary asthe problem can be solved remotely.The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various informationabout your system configuration. Information about the type and speedof CPU, type and amount of memory for each memory slot, BIOSrevision level, types of add-in PCI boards and components, certainrevision numbers of hardware installed, etc. are automatically detectedand stored in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board'sPlug and Play BIOS. Additional information, such as ISA basedperipherals, which may not be automatically detected, can be manuallyrecorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu. The DMI pooldata is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware orsetup is altered.4.1.1 Running the DMI UtilityTo run the DMI utility, type: DMICFG.EXE. You can download this utilityfrom ftp.dfiusa.com - /utilities/DMI directory.The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of basememory. Memory managers like HIMEM.SYS (required by Windows)must not be installed. You may do this by using one of the 3 methodslisted below.1. Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC.BAT andCONFIG.SYS files,2. “REM” HIMEM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS, or3. Press during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC.BAT andCONFIG.SYS files.83