Introduction 11
Features
The following are key features of OMCI:
• CIM 2.6 Schema Support
• Dell LegacySelect 2.0 Support
• Remote Boot Device Select
• WMI Security
• Event Reporting
• Remote Shutdown
• Remote Wake-Up Configurability
• WfM Version 2.0 Compliance
CIM 2.6 Schema Support
CIM is a standard that describes management data that can be used by many
management application programs. OMCI conforms to the CIM 2.6 Schema,
and includes two WMI providers: Dell WMI Indication Provider/Polling
Agent and Dell WMI Instance/Method Provider.
Dell LegacySelect 2.0 Support
LegacySelect allows a network administrator to selectively enable or disable
legacy components in a Dell system. It is a BIOS
-level interface which lets
you control the level of legacy technology your varied workgroups require.
LegacySelect 2.0 supports the ability to enable or disable ports, including
USB, PCI slots, and disk drives.
The LegacySelect 2.0 specification supports the following components:
• Serial port
• Parallel port
• Diskette drive controller
• Personal System/2 (PS/2) mouse port
• Integrated audio controller
• Integrated network interface controller (NIC)
• Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller
• Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot