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

DASH

DASH (Desktop and mobile Architecture for System Hardware) is a Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) management initiative that standardizes the

manageability interfaces for mobile and desktop hardware. The focus of the DASH architecture is to enable the remote management of desktop and mobile

computing resources in a standard manner that is independent of operating state. Your computer supports early versions of the DASH initiative including the

following management profiles:

Base Desktop Mobile

Power State Management

Boot Control

CPU

System Memory

Fan

Power Supply

Sensor

Physical Asset

Software Inventory

NOTE:

If you have chosen to use "None" (no manageability) or ASF, you will be unable to take advantage of DASH features and profiles.

Active Management Technology

Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT) provides secure systems management capabilities that reduce IT costs and allow better discovery, healing, and

protection of networked computing assets. With iAMT, computers can be managed regardless of whether the computer is on, off, or the operating system is

hung.

NOTE:

iAMT can be configured using Dell Client Manager (DCM) 2.1.1 or later. For complete information on how to configure iAMT, see the Dell Client

Manager 2.1.1 (or later) documentation on www.dell.com\openmanage. For more information about Dell's iAMT implementation, see the Client Systems

Management Administrator's Guide available on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

Key benefits of iAMT are:

Reduced desk-side visits

Automation of more management functionality through enablement of systems management console software

Improved security

System Setup

Booting to a USB Device

Jumper Settings