Advanced Features; Legacyselect Technology Control; Alert Standard Format; Dell Openmanage Client Instrumentation - Dell Precision 490 Desktop User Manual

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Advanced Features
Dell Precision™ Workstation 490 User's Guide
LegacySelect Technology Control
Manageability
Security
Password Protection
System Setup
Boot Menu
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 to
effect the changes.
Manageability

Alert Standard Format

Alert Standard Format (ASF) is a DMTF management standard that specifies "pre-operating system" or "operating system-absent" alerting techniques. The
standard 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:
Alert
Chassis: Chassis Intrusion - Physical Security Violation/ Chassis Intrusion -
Physical Security Violation Event Cleared
Boot: Failure to Boot to BIOS
Password: System Password Violation
CPU: CPU DOA Alert/CPU DOA Alert Cleared
Heartbeats: Entity Presence
Temperature: Generic Critical Temperature Problem
Voltage: Generic Critical Voltage Problem
Power Supply: Critical Power Supply Problem
Cooling Device: Generic Critical Fan Failure
Connectivity: Ethernet Connectivity Enabled/
Ethernet Connectivity Disabled
For more information about Dell's ASF implementation, see the ASF User's Guide and the ASF Administrator's Guide, which are 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

Dell OpenManage Client Instrumentation is software that enables remote management programs such as IT Assistant to do the following:
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Clearing CMOS Settings
Power Management
Hyper-Threading and Dual-Core Technology
About RAID Configurations
Description
The computer chassis has been opened or the chassis
intrusion alert has been cleared.
The BIOS did not complete loading upon initiation.
The system password is invalid (alert occurs after three failed
attempts).
The processor is not functioning.
Periodic heartbeats have been transmitted to verify system
presence.
The computer temperature is out of limits.
The voltage from integrated voltage regulators is out of limits.
The computer power supply voltage is out of limits.
The fan speed (rpm) is out of limits.
The Ethernet connectivity is enabled or the Ethernet
connectivity is disabled.