Madge Smart Ringnode DMI Agent for DOS/Windows 3.1 and OS/2 
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                                               LSS 5.0(0), August 1996 
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Summary
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This  file  provides  information  about  the  Madge  DMI  workstation 
management agents.

The Madge DMI workstation agent supports all Madge Smart Ringnodes.

This file has the following sections: 
   1) What is DMI
   2) Operating Requirements
   3) Installing MADGEDMI for DOS/WINDOWS
   4) Unloading MADGEDMI under DOS/Windows
   5) Installing MADGEDMI for OS/2
   6) The information that MADGEDMI makes available to you


1) What is DMI?
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DMI (Desktop Management Interface) is  a  specification  defining  the 
interaction  of  manageable  'components'  within  a  desktop  system. 
'Components' can be any software or hardware entity in a computer, for 
example,  a  LAN adapter. The benefit of DMI is that, through a single 
interface, many different components can be managed, as long  as  they 
conform  to certain rules.  It is the responsibility of each component 
vendor to write an agent that can provide  status,  configuration  and 
management information to DMI compliant applications.

The  DMI  specification  is  developed  by the Desktop Management Task 
Force (DMTF).This is a consortium of leading companies in the computer 
industry.   Madge is active within this group and has played a leading 
role in the development of the LAN Adapter MIF 1.1 - the standard  set 
of  information  that  a  LAN adapter supports. The Smart Ringnode DMI 
Agent (MADGEDMI) implements this standard for  the  entire  family  of 
Smart 16/4 products.


2) Operating Requirements
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To use MADGEDMI, you need the following:

* The Madge Smart LAN Support Software.

* OS2/DOS/Windows Service Layer (available from a number of management 
  application vendors including Intel).

* Either 8k of DOS memory, or 6k of DOS memory and 7k  of  XMS  memory 
  (XMS  memory is usually provided by a memory manager) (This does not 
  apply to the OS/2 agent)


3) Installing MADGEDMI for DOS/WINDOWS
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The  following  instructions  assume  that you have installed the DOS/ 
Windows Service Layer on your computer. To install MADGEDMI:

1 Change to the directory where the MADGEDMI agent software is stored.

2 Type "install  <zone>"  where  <zone>  is  the  current  time  zone, 
  represented as the number of hours ahead of GMT/UCT. For example:

        Location        zone
        -------         ------
        Los Angeles       -8
        New York          -5
        London             0
        Tokyo             +8

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Note: These instructions assume that you have  installed  the  Service 
      Layer.   If  you haven't, then you must also include the path to 
      the Service Layer.  Typically this is C:\DMI.   (This  path will   
      locate   the   Service   Layer   executable   SL.EXE   in 
      C:\DMI\DOS\BIN).  A sample command line is:

      INSTALL -8 C:\DMI
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3  INSTALL.BAT then installs the following files onto the computer:

        MADGEDMI.EXE
        MADGE.OVL
        MADGE.MIF

4  At  the end of the batch file on the computer that loads the adapter 
   drivers, add the following line:

        %DMIDIR%\dos\bin\madgedmi

   (The environment variable  DMIDIR  is  set  by  the  Service  Layer 
   installation).

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Note: If you do not have the Service Layer installed, add the line:

        <directory>\dos\bin\madgedmi

      Where <directory> is the path that you gave to INSTALL.BAT.
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5  The  next  time  that the Service Layer loads,  MADGE.MIF  will  be 
   installed  with  the Serice Layer. You will then be able to use DMI 
   to manage the Ringnode in your computer.

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Note: For MADGEDMI to load, you must have an adapter driver loaded.
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4) Unloading MADGEDMI under DOS/Windows
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To unload MADGEDMI, type:
      
  MADGEDMI unload [ENTER]


5) Installing MADGEDMI for OS/2
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Copy  the MADGEDMI.DLL and MADGE.MIF files to the directory containing 
the Service Layer Binary  files  (e.g.  C:\KARATCA\DMI\BIN).  If  this 
directory   is   not   C:\KARATCA\DMI\BIN,  edit  the  MADGE.MIF  file 
accordingly.

   
6) The information that MADGEDMI makes available to you
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The LAN Adapter MIF that MADGEDMI supports, provides  a  rich  set  of 
information  about your Ringnode and its driver software. For example:

* The IRQ, DMA channel, and I/O locations that the Ringnode uses.

* The addresses that the adapter card uses.

* The number of frames that the Ringnode has transmitted and received.

* The number of bytes that the Ringnode has transmitted and received.

* The  name  and  version  of the network driver and also the protocol 
  that it supports.

* The  type  of  Ringnode,  its  part  number,  serial  number, and  a 
  technical support phone number.

* The  remote boot protocol supported by the Smartrom (if you have one 
  installed on  your  Ringnode)  and  the  boot  options  that  it  is 
  configured to support (for example, whether booting from floppies is 
  allowed).

* The  Smart  II  Software  protocol  and  interface modules  that the 
  Ringnode has loaded onto it.


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