DMI (Desktop Management Interface)

The first desktop management standard from the Distributed Management Task Force (www.dmtf.org). DMI-enabled PCs can be monitored from a central management console in the network.

= MIF Data and Routines =

When queries are made to a memory-resident agent that resides in the background, it responds by sending data in MIFs (Management Information Files) or activating MIF routines. Static data in a MIF would contain items such as model ID, serial number, memory and port addresses. A MIF routine could read memory and report its contents.

= DMI and SNMP =

DMI can co-exist with SNMP and other management protocols. For example, when an SNMP query arrives, DMI can fill out the SNMP MIB with data from its MIF. A single workstation or server can serve as a proxy agent that would contain the SNMP module and service an entire LAN segment of DMI machines. See CIM, WBEM and DMTF.

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