Advanced Features; Legacyselect Technology Control; Alert Standard Format; Dell Openmanage It Assistant - Dell Precision Workstation 450 User Manual

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Advanced Features

Dell Precision™ Workstations 450 and 650 User's Guide
LegacySelect Technology Control
Manageability
Security
Password Protection
System Setup
Jumper Settings
Power Button
TAPI
Hyper-Threading
IEEE 1394
U320 SCSI Controller
Integrated Striping

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, and a PS/2 mouse. Connectors and media devices that are deactivated make resources available. You must restart the computer for
the changes to take effect.
Manageability

Alert Standard Format

ASF is a DMTF management standard that specifies "pre-operating system" or "operating system-absent" alerting techniques. It is designed to generate an
alert on potential security and fault conditions when the operating system is in a sleep state or the computer is powered down. ASF is designed to supersede
previous operating system-absent alerting technologies.
Your computer supports the following ASF alerts and remote capabilities:
Alert
Bad CPU
Chassis Intrusion/Chassis Intrusion Cleared
Corrupt BIOS
Failure to Boot to BIOS
System Password Failure
Entity Presence
Temperature - Too High (critical)
Voltage - Too Low
Too High (critical)
Cooling Device Limits
Ethernet Connectivity Enabled/Ethernet Connectivity Disabled The Ethernet connectivity is enabled or Ethernet connectivity is disabled.
Power Supply
For more information about Dell's ASF implementation, see the ASF User's Guide and the ASF Administrator's Guide, available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.

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

Description
The microprocessor has been unable to execute its first instructions.
The computer has been opened or the chassis intrusion alert has been cleared.
The BIOS is corrupted.
The BIOS did not complete loading upon initiation.
The system password is invalid (after 3 failed attempts).
Periodic Heartbeats have been transmitted to verify computer presence.
The computer temperature is out of limits.
The computer voltage is out of limits.
The computer fan speed/rpm is out of limits.
A fan or voltage failure exists inside the power supply.