# Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider 2.0

- Overview

- System Requirements

- Installation

- Uninstall Procedure

- Usage with Applications

- Supported Standards

- Known Issues

## Overview

The Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider is a set of software modules that allow WMI-based management applications such as Intel's LANDesk® Client Manager 6.0 to monitor status of PCI network adapters. Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider uses WMI, a kernel-level instrumentation technology for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a middleware layer that allows measurement and instrumentation information to be collected from kernel mode data providers and then to 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.

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

## System Requirements

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

- Microsoft WMI Core.

- This version of WMI Provider is for Windows XP (64-bit) only and does not support adapter teaming.

The WMI Core components are part of the operating system. These pieces are required for a WMI enabled application to work.

The Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider supports all Intel® PCI PRO/100 and PRO/1000 adapters.

## Installation

To install Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider, click on the setup program found in the "Windows\wbem\wmi\Nic\Itanium" directory on the CD. WMI Core components must be installed before Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider is installed. If Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider does not find the WMI Core component's registry keys, install fails. If Microsoft WMI Core is not installed, install it and restart Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider installation.

The most recently released version of Microsoft WMI Core can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com

## Upgrade Notes

Prior to installation of the Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider install package, all running programs using Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider must be stopped. Once all programs have been stopped, older installations of the Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider need to be removed.

## Uninstall Procedure

To uninstall Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider:

- Select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel.

- Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

- On the Install/Uninstall tab, select "Intel® PRO Network Adapters WMI Provider (Build 2.0)".

- Press the "Add/Remove..." button.

## 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.

## Supported Standards

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

## Known Issues

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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