Dell 7.6 manual Smbios

Table 5-1. Instrumentation Component Information (continued)

Component	Default Location or File Name	Functional Information
SMBIOS	%ProgramFiles%\Dell\Open	Component that retrieves data from
	Manage\ Client\dsmbios.dll	the system management basic
		input/output system (SMBIOS) data
		tables and reads and writes Dell
		system data into the BIOS through
		system management interrupts
		(SMIs) and the CMOS.
IAP	%ProgramFiles%\Dell\Open	Instrumentation Access Provider
	Manage\ Client\Iap.exe	(IAP); component that queries the
		iap_routing_data.htm file for
		configuration information, builds the
		lookup tables, and routes data to a
		data provider; ensures serialization of
		BIOS access and consistency of data,
		and reduces memory and disk
		requirements.
		IAP is an executable that runs as a
		Windows service and is the only
		service installed by OMCI. Its
		purpose is to route requests from the
		layer above to the appropriate
		component provider below. It also
		hosts the component DLLs
		(dsmbios.dll, dpci.dll, or
		dsysInfo.dll) while they are in use.
WDM Driver	C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\	Windows Driver Model (WDM) driver
	omci.sys	that provides various components with
	(for Microsoft Windows XP	access to hardware.
	Professional)
	C:\Windows\System32\drivers
	\omci.sys
	(for Microsoft
	Windows Vista®)

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