<s>
The	O
Desktop	B-Device
Management	I-Device
Interface	I-Device
(	O
DMI	O
)	O
generates	O
a	O
standard	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
managing	O
and	O
tracking	O
components	O
in	O
a	O
desktop	O
,	O
notebook	O
or	O
server	O
computer	O
,	O
by	O
abstracting	B-Application
these	O
components	O
from	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
manages	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
DMI	O
,	O
no	O
standardized	O
source	O
of	O
information	O
could	O
provide	O
details	O
about	O
components	O
in	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMI	O
exposes	O
system	O
data	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
System	B-Application
Management	I-Application
BIOS	O
(	O
SMBIOS	O
)	O
data	O
)	O
to	O
management	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
two	O
specifications	O
function	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DMI	O
can	O
co-exist	O
with	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
management	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
when	O
an	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
query	O
arrives	O
,	O
DMI	O
can	O
fill	O
out	O
the	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
MIB	O
with	O
data	O
from	O
its	O
MIF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
workstation	O
or	O
server	O
can	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
proxy	O
agent	O
that	O
would	O
contain	O
the	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
module	O
and	O
service	O
an	O
entire	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
segment	O
of	O
DMI-capable	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
