Advanced Features; Legacyselect Technology Control; Manageability; Dell Openmanage™ It Assistant - Dell OptiPlex 330 User Manual

Advanced Features

LegacySelect Technology Control

LegacySelect technology control offers legacy-full, legacy-reduced, or legacy-
free solutions based on common platforms, hard-drive images, and help desk
procedures. Control is provided to the administrator through system setup,
Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant, or Dell custom factory integration.
LegacySelect allows administrators to electronically activate or deactivate
connectors and media devices that include serial and USB connectors, a
parallel connector, a floppy drive, PCI slots, and a PS/2 mouse. Connectors
and media devices that are deactivated make resources available. You must
restart the computer to effect the changes.

Manageability

Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant
IT Assistant configures, manages, and monitors computers and other devices
on a corporate network. IT Assistant manages assets, configurations, events
(alerts), and security for computers equipped with industry-standard
management software. It supports instrumentation that conforms to SNMP ,
DMI, and CIM industry standards.
Dell OpenManage Client instrumentation, which is based on DMI and CIM,
is available for your computer. For information on IT Assistant, see the Dell
OpenManage IT Assistant User's Guide available on the Dell Support website
at support.dell.com.

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation is software that enables remote
management programs such as IT Assistant to do the following:
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