Legacyselect Technology Control; Manageability; Dell Openmanage™ It Assistant - Dell OptiPlex GX240 User Manual

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Advanced Features

LegacySelect Technology Control

LegacySelect technology control permits the deployment of legacy full,
legacy reduced, or legacy free solutions based on a common platform with
common hard drive images and common help desk procedures. Control is
provided to the administrator through the system setup program, Dell
OpenManage™ IT Assistant, or Dell custom factory integration.
LegacySelect allows the administrator to electronically activate or
deactivate specific connectors and media devices including: serial and USB
connectors, parallel connector, floppy drive, PCI slots, and PS/2 mouse.
When the connectors and media devices are deactivated, resources that
they might have used are available. Any changes that are made will take
place after you reboot the computer.

Manageability

Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant is the premier Dell™ systems management
application for configuring, managing, and monitoring computers and other
devices on a corporate network. IT Assistant employs the latest remote
management technology to provide asset management, configuration
management, event (alert) management, and security management for
systems equipped with industry-standard management software. Software
of this type is called system management instrumentation.
IT Assistant supports instrumentation that conforms to the following
industry standards:
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
• Common Information Model (CIM)
The instrumentation available for your computer is Dell OpenManage
Client instrumentation, which is based on DMI and CIM. For more
information on IT Assistant, see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User's
Guide available on the Dell website.