DMI Certification. David G. Lawrence DMI Working Group

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1 DMI Certification David G. Lawrence DMI Working Group

2 Today s Objectives Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Overview DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements Is my product DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 2

3 Definitions CI - Component Interface DMI - Desktop Management Interface MA - Management Application MI - Management Interface MIF - Management Information Format RPC - Remote Procedure Call SP - Service Provider TCO - Total Cost of Ownership DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 3

4 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 4

5 DMI: Desktop Management I/F Bridges the gap between management software and system components Independent of OS & Platform Easy to adopt Local & remote manageability Maps to or from other protocols DMI to SNMP CIM to DMI DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 5

6 DMI Specs Service Provider (SP) Management Information Format (MIF) Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) Management (MI) and Component (CI) Interfaces V2.0s (June 24, 1998) available from DMTF: DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 6

7 Simplified DMI Architecture Management App MI Service Provider CI Instrumentation MIF Database?? Platform specific Hardware or Software DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 7

8 Expanded DMI 2.0 Architecture MA Process Management App MI Client Front End Remote Node SP Process Local RPC Client SP Process RPC Server SP Core CI Instrumentation CI Process SP Core CI Instrumentation CI Process MIF Database DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 8

9 DMI Architecture Management Application (MA) Application managing DMI data through SP Service Provider (SP) Active, resident piece of code running on a platform Provides interfaces and task scheduling for MA (MI) and instrumentation (CI) Manages Component database DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 9

10 DMI Architecture Instrumentation Code executing on system Usually interfaces with specific hardware or software to expose DMI data Communicates with SP through CI Provides attribute data for group(s) Component Definitions Component definitions are in a language called MIF One MIF file = One DMI Component Definitions stored in SP-managed Component database DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 10

11 Management Information File (MIF) MIF used to describe managed data Files contain information structures using MIF grammar Each managed component must provide a Component in the DMI database from MIF file or constructed in memory MIF files are text files installed into the MIF DB by the SP on MA request* DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 11

12 DMI Data Model Component Contains one or more named groups Separate suppliers collect or create groups related to their product Group Collection of attributes (record) DMTF-defined standard groups promote consistent component modeling Attribute Single piece of data (fields) DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 12

13 DMI Groups Scalar - no key attributes One instantiation per group Typically represent items that only exist once on a given system (i.e. General Information) Tabular one or more key attributes Possible multiple instantiations per group Typically represent items that may exist multiple times on a system (i.e. disk drives) Row - an instance of a tabular group specified by a set of attribute values which form a key DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 13

14 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 14

15 Why DMI? Difficult to retrieve desktop platform information in a standard way Proprietary methods - Proprietary SNMP - network centric, requires MIB to understand data CIM on the way; still maturing Difficult to retrieve standardized desktop information independent of platform type. Hardware (Intel Architecture, PowerPC) OS (Windows, Unix, Linux, Novell) Provides remote manageability Number of manageable products growing Software and hardware DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 15

16 Why Conformance? Conformance: Provides a known base level of manageability Any DMI conformant Application may manage a DMI Conformant component to some degree Accommodates vendor-specific extensions Individual vendors can extend their components to provide additional value and market differentiation. Ease incorporation into enterprise networks DMI Conformance is a common enterprise requirement DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 16

17 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 17

18 DMI Conformance Requirements Define baseline requirements DMI 2.0 service providers Platforms Server, desktop, mobile Peripherals Software applications Define minimum set of groups to be supported Allow the use of other standard or private DMI groups DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 18

19 Managed Systems Baseline Reqs Applies to desktop, server and mobile systems A DMI Service Provider must be installed and running The following set of DMTF standard groups must be supported: DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 19

20 Required Baseline Groups (1 of 2) DMTF ComponentID 001 DMTF General Information 001 DMTF Operating System 001 DMTF Processor 003 DMTF System BIOS 001 DMTF System Cache 002 DMTF System Slots 003 DMTF Physical Container Global Table 001 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 20

21 Required Baseline Groups (2 of 2) DMTF Memory Device 001 DMTF Memory Array Mapped Addresses 001 DMTF Memory Device Mapped Addresses 001 DMTF Physical Memory Array 001 DMTF Physical Memory 002 * * Obsolete Group DMTF Network Adapter 802 Port 001 DMTF Network Adapter Driver 001 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 21

22 Additional Server Requirements DMTF Power Supply 002 DMTF Cooling Device 002 DMTF Operational State 002 DMTF Power Unit Global Table 001 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 22

23 Additional Desktop Requirements DMTF Disks 002 DMTF Keyboard 003 DMTF Pointing Device 001 DMTF Mouse 003 * * Obsolete Group DMTF Video 002 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 23

24 Additional Mobile Requirements DMTF Disks 002 DMTF Keyboard 003 DMTF Pointing Device 001 DMTF Mouse 003 * * Obsolete Group DMTF Video 002 DMTF Dynamic States 001 DMTF Portable Battery 001 Same as Desktop DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 24

25 IHV Conformance Requirements Video Adapter Conformance Requirements DMTF Video BIOS 001 DMTF Video 002 Network (LAN) Adapter Conformance Requirements DMTF Network Adapter 802 Port 001 DMTF Network Adapter Driver 001 DDC Monitor Conformance Requirements DMTF Monitor Resolutions 002 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 25

26 Software Component Requirements DMTF ComponentID 001 DMTF Software Component Information 002 DMTF Software Signature 002 DMTF Location 001 DMTF File List 001 DMTF Maintenance 001 DMTF Subcomponents 001 DMTF Support 001 DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 26

27 Requirements Summary Required Group Definition File Basesys.REQ Desktop.REQ Server.REQ Mobile.REQ LanAdap.REQ VidAdap.REQ Monitor.REQ Software.REQ Baseline X Desktops X X Servers X X Mobiles X X LAN Adapter X Video Adapter X DDC Monitor X Software X DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 27

28 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 28

29 Basic Requirements Review the DMI 2.0 Conformance requirements and test plan documents ( Download the latest COMPCHK2 tool Download the latest MASTER.MIF Install your DMI package on the target system Run the conformance tests DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 29

30 MASTER.MIF Repository of all versions and all DMTF standard groups Unique reference for DMTF standard groups Updated every 3 months Now contains a version number (current version: ) Before conducting your tests, always download the latest version from the DMTF Web site DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 30

31 COMPCHK2 Utility Verifies correct MIF syntax of each component under test Candidate DMTF standard groups must match MASTER.MIF reference groups Most strings may be localized Group Class strings may not be localized Attribute access may be promoted to Read-Write Verifies the conformance requirements Download links on DMTF Member page is the best source at this time DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 31

32 COMPCHK2 Screenshot DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 32

33 Pass / Fail Criteria Passed No failure has been recorded during the execution of COMPCHK2 Failed One or several failures have been recorded during the execution of COMPCHK2 Exceptions Specific hardware is not supported by the system OS does not support an appropriate interface to allow access to attributes instrumentation DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 33

34 Certification Form Adobe Acrobat Document DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 34

35 Certification Form Passed Fax or mail completed DMI 2.0 Product Certification Form to: Desktop Management Task Force c/o MacKenzie Kesselring, Inc. 200 SW Market Street, Suite 450 Portland, OR (503) (503) (fax) Failed (not explainable) Send an to DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 35

36 Legal Statement Self-Certification process and the DMI Product Registry only for DMTF members If your DMTF membership lapses your product removed from the Product Registry By signing the DMI 2.0 Product Certification Form, you agree The DMTF does not and cannot warrant the information contained in the Product Form The DMTF cannot be liable for any wrong information contained in the Product Form DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 36

37 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 37

38 Common Problems Incorrect number of attributes Incorrect attribute ID Incorrect data type Incorrect access (promotion to R/W is OK) Incorrect number of enum value or an undefined numeric value Empty EventGeneration table DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 38

39 COMPCHK2 Problem Symptom: Unable to run conformance tests because the Master Mif won t load into COMPCHK2 Cause: On some systems, when compiling Master.Mif, an Illegal Value error is generated Work-around: Edit your local copy of Master.Mif as follows: Find the DMTF ComponentID 001 group Find the Installation attribute (AID=5) Replace the empty string in the Value statement with any valid DMI date. DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 39

40 Today s Objectives Overview of the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) DMI 2.0 Self-certification process Why would I care about DMI Conformance? Why DMI? Why Conformance? What is DMI Conformance? Conformance requirements How do I know if my product is DMI Conformant? The self-certification process Certification tools Self-certification process demonstration Off-the-shelf DMI Solutions DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 40

41 Off-the the-shelf DMI Solutions SmartDMI SDK (Win32, Linux, NetWare) Create management applications or instrumentation For Instrumentation or Management App developers SmartDMI Instrumented Service Provider (Win32) Provides standardized set of DMI data without instrumentation development Allow DMI product vendors to provide complete solutions or corporations wanting more DMI-enabled platforms SmartCIM To DMI Mapper (Win32) Makes WMI-provided data available to DMI Management Applications For CIM-provider developers who also want DMI certification Available from Smart Technology Enablers, Inc. DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 41

42 Contact Information David G. Lawrence Smart Technology Enablers, Inc West Rancho Drive Ojai, CA (805) (805) fax DMTF 2002 Developers' Conference June 10-13, 2002 Page 42

43 DMI Certification David G. Lawrence DMI Working Group