OS Interoperability

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is the standards-based systems management interface used by Dell PowerEdge servers. IPMI replaces or abstracts previous methods of accessing sensors through the systems management bus (SMBus) or intelli tech news

This paper presents a proposal for a UML profile called 'Embedded UML'. Embedded UML represents a synthesis of various ideas in the real-time UML community, and concepts drawn from the Hardware-Software co-design field. Embedded UML first selects from among the competing real-time UML proposals, the set of ideas, which best allow specification and analysis of mixed HW-SW systems. It then adds the necessary concept of underlying deployment architecture that UML currently lacks in complete form, using the notion of an embedded HW-SW 'platform'. tech news

This paper explores the idea of complementing the UML with a compatible mechanism for precisely specifying action semantics in a software-platform-independent manner. This would bring significant benefits to the community, such as early verification and domain level reuse. This paper will explore the nature of such precise action specifications and the rationale for these benefits. tech news

The File Server Migration Toolkit helps you copy files and folders from servers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 operating systems to a server running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003. Whether you plan to consolidate multiple file servers or migrate data from one file server to another, the File Server Migration Toolkit is designed to simplify the process of copying data and minimize the impact of the consolidation or migration on end users. This white paper briefly describes the tools included in the File Server Migration Toolkit, their benefits, and their requirements. tech news

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 3.5 provides a full range of supported and fully integrated cross-platform network services geared toward enterprise customers who need interoperability between Windows and UNIX-based environments. SFU 3.5 provides enterprise customers with seamless access to information stored in multiple platforms, consolidates network management across platforms, and reuses UNIX applications and scripts on Windows. This paper provides an overview of the changes in SFU 3.5 from earlier versions, including the fully integrated Interix technology of Windows Services for UNIX. tech news