An architecture specification defined by the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) designed to give vendors and users a common vendor- and protocol-neutral framework to manage desktop systems, servers, peripherals, and components.
A protocol-independent, multiplatform interface for workstation and network components.
The emerging standard, developed by the Desktop Management Task Force, for a manageable platform that does not inhibit vendor differentiation and provides a common mechanism for systems management of the desktop.
An industry-standard protocol, primarily used in client management, established by the DMTF. DMI provides an efficient means of reporting client system problems. DMI-compliant computers can send status information to a central management system over a network.
A protocol-independent set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that were defined by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). These interfaces give management application programs standardized access to information about hardware and software in a system.
A proposed industry standard that gives computer products a unique code that will facilitate the management of desktop computers, hardware and software components, and peripherals--whether they're standalone systems or linked into networks. The DMI is being developed by the Desktop Management Task Force.
The Desktop Management Interface (DMI) generates a standard framework for managing and tracking components in a desktop, notebook or server computer. Essentially, to the user, it is a table provided by the personal computer BIOS which can be parsed and which gives information about the BIOS and the computer system in a standardized way. Previously, such complete information was not available from a standardized source in the PC.