Installation: ASF Administrator's Guide

# Installation

- Overview

- Installing the Intel® PRO Alerting Agent

- Repairing or Uninstalling the Agent

## Overview

This section provides instructions for installing ASF software on a client computer. Deployment describes methods that you can use for remote installation in your network enterprise.

### Components

Table 4 describes the software required for Intel's ASF solution.

#### Table 4. Included Software

Software | Description
Intel's Network Adapter Driver | Version 8.0 (or higher) ASF-enabled NDIS driver
Intel's ASF Agent WMI Console | Permits ASF feature configuration and enabling via Microsoft* Windows* Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Intel® PRO Alerting Agent components | Interface between alert sending device and ASF configuration application
WMI Provider Core Version 1.5 or higher | Standardized interface for management applications using Microsoft Windows

## Installing the Intel® PRO Alerting Agent

Listed below are the steps to install the Intel PRO Alerting Agent on computers that support ASF. Please note that the agent requires that the WMI Provider Core Version 1.5+ be present on the client system.

| NOTE: The WMI Provider Core cannot be removed from a system after it is installed. Its presence should not adversely affect any other software or hardware.
| NOTE: The WMI Core Provider is included with Windows XP and 2000, but must be installed separately with Windows NT* 4.0.

1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, navigate to the directory to which you downloaded the installation file, and double-click the setup file.
2. The installation program automatically determines whether the correct WMI software is present. If it is not, the installation instructs you to install the Microsoft WMI Provider and exits.
3. If necessary, download the WMI Provider Core from www.microsoft.com and install it on your system. Then, continue installing the agent.

The setup program installs and registers several individual software components that make up the agent and the ASF WMI layer, and compiles an ASF managed object format (.mof) file.

The Intel ASF Agent WMI Console does not require an installation program. The executable file AlertApp.exe is installed automatically when the agent is installed in the path C:\Program Files\intel\ASF Agent\console. Create a shortcut under Control Panel to it with the name Intel ASF Agent Console.

## Repairing or Uninstalling

You can repair or remove the Intel PRO Alerting Agent using either the installation file or the Add/Remove Programs icon on the Control Panel (Programs and Features in Vista OS).

To repair or remove the agent using the installation file, perform the following steps:

1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, navigate to the directory to which you downloaded the installation file, and double-click the setup file.
2. When the InstallShield Wizard window displays the Welcome message, click Next.
3. Select the operation to perform:
   - Repair - Checks components previously installed by the user. If a damaged component is detected, the program reinstalls it. If a required registry key has been deleted, the program re-creates it.
   - Remove - Uninstalls all installed components.
4. Follow the prompts on the screen.

To remove the agent using the Add/Remove Programs icon on the Control Panel (Programs and Features in Vista OS) perform the following steps.

1. Click Start and navigate to the Control Panel.
2. Click Add/Remove Programs (Programs and Features in Vista OS).
3. Select Intel(R) PRO Alerting Agent and click Remove.
4. Follow the prompts on the screen.

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