13.Edit the name of the MIF being sent from default.mif in the dialog box, if necessary.

14.Click OK.

To send the MIF from the Dell managed node to the management station, perform the following steps:

1.Map a drive to the management station’s sms_shr directory (i.e., f:\sms_shr).

2.At an MS-DOS®prompt, change to the x86.bin directory, type invwin32/f/e and press <Enter>.

When the command sent to the MIF has been registered, the following message appears:

-SMS 100%-

It may take a few minutes for the MIF to be sent across the network to the man- agement station.

Dell MIF information appears in the Personal Computer Properties box of the server name for the Dell node inside the SMS Administrator.

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The SMM card is supported by the LDSM Console and the LDSM/HIP 2.2 agents on the PowerEdge 6100 server. Console support is available only on supported manage- ment station operating-system platforms running Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0. Additional vendor support is provided by LDSM/HIP 2.2.

The LDSM/HIP 2.2 CD is shipped with the SMM card supplied with PowerEdge 6100 systems. If you need to use the SMM card for out-of-band management support, you must install the LDSM/HIP 2.2 agents on the PowerEdge 6100 server and install the LDSM Console components on the HP OpenView NNM SE management station. The LDSM Console is a launchable application available under the NNM SE Tools menu.

In-band management information for the PowerEdge 6100 servers with the LDSM/ HIP 2.2 agents is provided through the Dell OpenManage Server Console on Dell-discovered servers.

For out-of-band management, you must run the SMM features in the LDSM Console application as follows:

1.Launch the LDSM Console from the Tools—>Dell—>LDSM Console on the toolbar.

The LDSM Console window appears.

2.Click the SMM icon.

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NNM SE 1.2 specifications

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