SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP8796
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  N/A
TITLE:  Compaq Management Agents for Workstations 
VERSION:  4.20 Rev B
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:  Workstations

PRODUCTS AFFECTED:  Compaq Professional Workstations with Intelligent
                    Manageability, including:
                    Professional Workstation AP200, AP400, AP500, and SP700

OPERATING SYSTEMS:  Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 23, 1998

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION:  3.1

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SUPERSEDES:  SP8477

PREREQUISITE: 
 - Microsoft SNMP to be managed via SNMP.

DESCRIPTION: Unpacks the files needed to install Compaq Management
Agents for the above-mentioned operating systems and Compaq
computers that support Intelligent Manageability.

Compaq Management Agents provide local alerting, DMI and SNMP agents.  Local 
alerting notifies the user if the system temperature has been exceeded under 
normal operating conditions or an imminent drive failure has been detected. 
SNMP agents allow the system to be managed by SNMP-compliant management 
applications such as Compaq Insight Manager.  Desktop Management Interface 
(DMI) support allows the computer to be managed by DMI-compliant management
applications.

Enhancements/Fixes in this version:
 - Added support for Compaq Professional Workstation AP400
 - DM icon made available sooner on reboot

Enhancements/Fixes in previous version:
 - Corporate deployment features to enhance silent mode
   installation and configuration
 - Pentium II Pre-Failure and Warranty
 - DMI Indication (event) support
 - DMI Operational State table support (provides status information
   through DMI)
 - DMI FRU group support (provides asset information through DMI)
 - Removed support for Windows NT 3.51
     
HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename 
based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 
Entering "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files creates a new directory 
folder in the download directory.  All files are unpacked into this 
newly created directory.

3. After the directory has been created, you may delete the  
self-extracting file downloaded in step 1.

4. To install, execute the file SETUP.EXE created in the new 
directory and follow the on-screen instructions.

5. After the installation is completed, you may delete the directory 
created in step 2 if you wish.

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