The SystemView Agent program extends the use of the DMI by providing a MIF conversion utility and a DMI subagent that performs mapping of DMI information into SNMP MIB information. Each MIF file in the system can be translated to an SNMP MIB with the conversion utility and then loaded in a remote SNMP management application. The management application can send requests to the DMI subagent, which in turn converts the SNMP request into a DMI request. The conversion is performed again, in reverse, when the DMI response is returned. This enables the SNMP management application to participate in active management of DMI-enabled components.

The DMI subagent's ability to perform this MIF-to-MIB mapping enables an SNMP management application to manage any component that implements the DMI.