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Intel(R) PRO Quality of Service (QoS) WMI Provider 1.0
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README CONTENTS
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1. Overview
2. System Requirements
3. Installation
4. Uninstall Procedure
5. Usage with Applications
6. Supported Standards
7. Known Issues
1. Overview
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The Intel(R) PRO Quality of Service (QoS) Windows Management
Instrumentation (WMI) Provider is a set of software modules that
allow WMI-based management applications to manage the QoS
capabilities of Intel(R) PRO network adapters. QoS WMI Provider
uses WMI, a kernel-level instrumentation technology for the
Microsoft Windows platform.
WMI is the middleware layer that allows measurement and
instrumentation information to be collected from kernel mode
data providers, which is then 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.
The QoS WMI Provider lets WMI-aware management applications
set up priority filters to process high priority network
traffic before normal traffic. By prioritizing traffic at the
host or entry point of the network, network devices can base
forwarding decisions on priority information defined in the
packet.
WMI-aware management applications using QoS WMI Provider
functionality can configure priority filters on the target
system to do the following:
- Tag packets with priority levels or forwarding behaviors.
- Drop incoming packets that match certain criteria.
- Obtain statistics such as number of packets or number of bytes
that were tagged with a particular priority.
2. System Requirements
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- Any Intel(R) PRO/100 or PRO/1000 Adapter and its related driver
software.
- Microsoft WMI Core.
- Windows* NT4 (SP4) and beyond or Windows 98(SP1 and later) or
Windows 95(OSR 2.0 and later) or Windows Millenium or Windows 2000.
- For Adapter Teaming features, AFT and ALB support, the latest NDIS
drivers on the Intel(R) CD.
The WMI Core components are part of the operating system. These
pieces are required for a WMI enabled application to work.
The QoS WMI Provider supports all Intel PCI PRO/100 and PRO/1000
adapters.
3. Installation
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To install QoS WMI Provider, click on the setup program found in
the "WBEM\WMI\QOS" directory on the Intel CD. WMI Core components
must be installed before QoS WMI Provider is installed. If
QoS 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 the QoS WMI Provider installer.
The most recently released version of Microsoft WMI Core can be
downloaded from:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/wmi/download.asp
4. Uninstall Procedure
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To Uninstall QoS WMI Provider:
- From the Control Panel, double click on the Add/Remove
Programs icon.
- On the Install/Uninstall tab, select "Intel(R) PRO Quality
of Service (QoS) WMI Provider (Build 1.0)".
- Click the "Add/Remove..." button.
5. Usage with Applications
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WMI-based management applications such as WBEM CIM studio and WBEM
Object browser in the WMI SDK can be used to access QoS WMI
Provider functionality both locally and remotely. This applies to
Windows NT 4.0 Systems (SP4 and later) and Windows 2000 systems.
On Windows 95/98 or Millenium operating systems however, you must
carefully configure client systems to allow remote access of QoS WMI
Provider functionality.
To do this, you will need to edit the Windows95/98 or Millenium
system registry to remotely access QoS WMI Provider functionality on
Windows 95/98 or Millenium systems from Windows NT(*).
**CAUTION**: Editing the system's registry incorrectly can cause
serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95/98
or Millenium. Be very careful when editing the following registry
entries. Back up any important data before beginning this
process. Be aware that enabling DCOM applications to connect
anonymously to your Windows9x or Millenium system may violate
your network's security policies. Consult with your system
administrator before making these changes.
A) Open regedit (Start-Run-regedit) on the Win9x system, and ensure
that the following values are set correctly.
i) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\OLE\EnableDCOM should be set to its
default of "Y".
ii) HKLM\Software\Microsoft\OLE\EnableRemoteConnect should be
changed to "Y".
iii) HKLM\software\microsoft\wbem\cimom\AutostartWin9x should be
changed to "2".
iv) HKLM\software\microsoft\wbem\cimom\EnableAnonConnections
should be changed to "1".
v) Restart the Windows9x or Millenium system.
B) Log onto the Windows9x or Millenium system remotely from a
WindowsNT 4.0 system or a Windows 2000 system using WBEM CIM
Studio from the WMI SDK.
i) Enter the UNC name of the Windows9x or Millenium system in
the "Machine name" box and click "Connect."
ii) In the WBEM CIM Studio login window, choose "Options" to see
the full set of login choices.
iii) Leave "Login as current user" checked.
iv) Leave "impersonation level" set to impersonate.
v) For "authentication level", choose "None." Click OK.
This should allow you to connect to your Windows9x or Millenium
system remotely.
6. Supported Standards
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The QoS WMI Provider implements the CIM specification that was
submitted to DMTF for adoption into CIM 2.4 specification.
7. Known Issues
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- Under some circumstances, the process winmngt.exe may not start
on a Windows 9x or Millenium system. This results in a browsing
machine being unable to connect to the Win9x or Millenium machine.
The browser (CIM Studio or other) may show an error "the RPC server
is unavailable". If pview95.exe shows that winmngt.exe is not
executing, double click the file to begin execution. This may be
fixed permanently by upgrading to a newer version of the WBEM core.
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Readme.txt version 04-21-2000