With the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the SystemView Agent program provides remote management applications with access to DMI-enabled products in a system. Local management applications that can communicate with the DMI can also query and set MIF information for DMI-enabled components.

This book describes the steps necessary to design and implement management applications and manageable products with DMI technology. The information presented here is accompanied with examples of program code to help show how the DMI elements can be implemented. All of the examples used in this book in their complete form are in the the following directories:

• For OS/2 installations, the DMI\EXAMPLES subdirectory within the directory where you installed the SystemView Agent program.

• For AIX installations, the /usr/lpp/sva/samples subdirectory.

• For Windows NT/Windows 95 installations, the DMI\EXAMPLES subdirectory within the directory where you installed the SystemView Agent program.