GD82559C Datasheet, PDF (21/60 Pages) Intel Corporation – Intel-Based Electronic Classroom Student Computing Station Based on the Intel® Celeron™ Processor and Intel® 810 Chipset

Intel-Based Electronic Classroom Student Computing Station
5.7.2
5.7.2.1
Wired for Management
Wired for Management (WfM) is an Intel initiative to improve the manageability of desktop,
mobile, server and embedded systems. The goal of WfM is to reduce the total cost of ownership
(TCO) through improved manageability in the following four technology areas:
• Instrumentation
• Remote Service Boot
• Remote Wake-Up
• Power Management
Manageability features in each of these four technology areas combine to form the Wired for
Management Baseline Specification. A copy of the Wired for Management Baseline Specification,
Version 2.0 can be obtained from:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/wfm/wfmspecs.htm
An on-line Design Guide is available at:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/WfM/design/index.htm
Future versions of the specification will be available at this site.
In the Intel-based electronic classroom reference configuration, the NIC is WfM compliant,
particularly in the Remote Service Boot features needed to support the student computing stations’
remote boot from the server.
Instrumentation
A component's instrumentation consists of code that maintains attributes with up-to-the-minute
values and adjusts the component's operational characteristics based on these values. By providing
instrumentation, the platform provides accurate data to management applications, so those
applications can make the best decisions for managing a system or product. The WfM 2.0 Baseline
requires that compliant desktop and mobile platforms utilize the DMI Version 2.00 Management
Interface (MI) and Component Interface (CI) application programming interfaces and host a DMI
v2.00 Service Provider, as defined by the DMTF. Intel's DMI 2.0 Service Provider Software
Development Kit (SDK) provides a DMI Service Provider and binaries that support DMI Version
2.00. This kit is available at the following URL:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/WfM/tools/sdk/index.htm
Intel^® LANDesk^® Client Manager product includes the Service Provider and component
instrumentation. Information regarding this product can be found at:
http://developer.intel.com/ial/WfM/tools/ldcm/index.htm
The WfM Baseline Instrumentation specification identifies specific DMI standard groups,
including event generation groups, that must be instrumented for a Baseline-compliant platform.
This specification provides support for the SMBIOS revision 2.0 specification that along with
appropriate component instrumentation will supply some of the required data in the specified
DMI 2.0 groups.
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