Manageability Features - Dell OptiPlex GX1 Installation Manual

Advanced power management options that can reduce the energy consumption of your system. For more information, see
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System Setup Program."
The ICU, which tells you how to configure ISA expansion cards manually. After resources have been assigned to these cards, the system
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BIOS can assign resources to PCI and Plug and Play expansion cards for a conflict-free configuration. For more information, see
ISA Configuration Utility."
Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer's components and devices. For information on using the diagnostics, see the chapter titled
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"Running the Dell Diagnostics" in the Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide.
Network device drivers for several network operating systems. More information is available on the Dell ResourceCD.
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the management of your computer system's software and hardware. DMI
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defines the software, interfaces, and data files that enable your system to determine and report information about system components.

Manageability Features

Your Dell OptiPlex GX1 or GX1p Managed PC system incorporates many hardware and software features to improve the manageability of the
system. Installed features include the following:
Dell OpenManage program
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Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
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Wakeup On LAN
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Auto Power On
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Temperature monitoring
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Security features
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Dell OpenManage Program
The Dell OpenManage program is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. It allows you to manage system-level information,
such as system configuration information and Management Information Format (MIF) database values (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Dell OpenManage Program
On systems running Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, the Dell OpenManage program is available in client and administrator
versions. The Dell OpenManage administrator version enables system administrators to view, manage, and inventory remote systems in a Dell
DMI client network and incorporates the following manageability features, which are based on the DMI 2.0 specification.
Fault Management
Fault management features of Dell OpenManage include the following:
Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system and about thermal errors
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An event log that stores events in a text file and reports information about the event under the following options: System Name, Component
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Name, Date and Time, Event Type, Event Severity, Event Class, Event System
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