Integrated Information Management

Th ntllgnt Pltfrm Mngmnt ntrfc (PM) s st f cmptr ntrfc spcfctns fr n tnms cmptr sbsystm tht prvds mngmnt nd mntrng cpblts ndpndntly f th hst systm's CP, frmwr (BS r F) nd prtng systm. PM dfns st f ntrfcs sd by systm dmnstrtrs fr t-f-bnd mngmnt f cmptr systms nd mntrng f thr prtn. Fr xmpl, PM prvds wy t mng cmptr tht my b pwrd ff r thrws nrspnsv by sng ntwrk cnnctn t th hrdwr rthr thn t n prtng systm r lgn shll. nthr s cs my b nstllng cstm prtng systm rmtly. Wtht PM, nstllng cstm prtng systm my rqr n dmnstrtr t b physclly prsnt nr th cmptr, nsrt DVD r SB flsh drv cntnng th S nstllr nd cmplt th nstlltn prcss sng mntr nd kybrd. sng PM, n dmnstrtr cn mnt n S mg, smlt n nstllr DVD, nd prfrm th nstlltn rmtly. Th spcfctn s ld by ntl nd ws frst pblshd n Sptmbr 16, 1998. t s spprtd by mr thn 200 cmptr systm vndrs, sch s Csc, Dll, Hwltt Pckrd ntrprs, nd ntl.