90 A PPENDIX C: I NSTALLING THE 3C OM DMI A GENTEach PC that contains an EtherLink NIC and the3Com DMI Agent generates a Management InformationFormat (MIF) file that contains information about thePC and the NIC. DMI applications use the informationfrom the MIF to manage the PC and the NIC.The content of the MIF is based on the capabilities of theNIC driver found in the PC. For example, if a NIC with anMBA boot ROM is found, all groups related to the bootROM are included in the MIF for that particular NIC. Thisensures that the network management application doesnot receive irrelevant information for the NIC.For a description of each MIF that is supported by the3Com DMI Agent, see the 3Com DMI Agent User Guideincluded with the 3Com DMI Agent software onthe EtherCD.System RequirementsThis section lists the client PC and network managementrequirements for installing and using the 3Com DMI Agent.Client PC RequirementsYour PC requires the following items to use the3Com DMI Agent: DMI Service Provider 2.0 or greater (such asSmart Technologies Service Provider 2.0) NDIS 3, 4, or 5 driver Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT, using theappropriate Service Pack listed below: Windows 95 Retail Service Pack 1 or OEM ServiceRelease (OSR2) Windows 98 Retail Release Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or 4 Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
