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# Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider 2.0

- Overview

- System Requirements

- Install

- Uninstall

- Usage with Applications

- Supported Standards

- Known Issues

## Overview

The Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider enables WMI-based management applications such as LANDesk* Client Manager 6.0 to monitor the status of PCI network adapters. Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider uses WMI, a user-level instrumentation technology for the Microsoft* Windows* platform.

WMI is a middleware layer that allows measurement and instrumentation information to be collected from kernel mode data providers. This information can then be provided to local or remote user-mode data consumers through the use of a common set of interfaces (Web-based Enterprise Management called WBEM). WMI is a data-independent pipeline between the data consumer and the data provider that makes no assumptions about the format of the data.

Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider uses the WMI event notification mechanism to send an event if a loosely plugged-in cable falls free and the Ethernet signal is lost.

The driver from the Product CD is required to be able to view custom information regarding Adapter Fault Tolerance and Adapter Load Balancing (AFT/ALB).

## System Requirements

- Any Intel® PRO/100 or PRO/1000 adapter and related driver software

- Microsoft WMI Core (NOTE: The WMI Core components are part of the operating system. These pieces are required for a WMI enabled application to work.)

- Microsoft* Windows NT* 4.0

- For Adapter Teaming features (AFT and ALB support), the latest NDIS drivers are required

The Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider supports all Intel PRO/100 and PRO/1000 adapters. If you are running an NDIS based driver under Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, there is no need to install any new drivers to get full WMI support.

WMI instrumentation does not support VLANs.

## Installation

1. You must install the Microsoft WMI Core. The most recently released version of the Microsoft WMI Core can be downloaded from Microsoft's web site: http://www.microsoft.com. You must then configure DCOM.

2. If you are upgrading from a previous version of the WMI Provider, you must stop all running programs that are using Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider and uninstall the provider.

3. To install the Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider, use the installer program that is available from the autorun program on the Product CD.

   1. At the "Setup Type" screen, select Custom.

   2. At the "Custom Setup" screen, click the icon next to the "WMI CIMv2 Support" selection.

   3. On the drop-down menu, select "This feature will be installed on local hardware."

   4. At the "Ready to Install the Program" screen, click the "Install" button.

## Uninstall

To uninstall the Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider:

1. Select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, select Intel(R) PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider (Build 2.0).

4. Click Add/Remove.

## Usage with Applications

WMI-based management applications such as WBEM CIM studio and WBEM Object browser in the WMI SDK can be used to access Intel Client Instrumentation properties both locally and remotely.

The Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider properties are available within the CIMv2 class structure.

## Supported Standards

The Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider 2.0 supports the standards based CIM 2.2 specification.

## Known Issues

- This Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider cannot jointly operate with the Intel DMI-SNMP instrumentation.

- Do not install the Intel PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider to a mapped network drive. This configuration does not work and is not supported.

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