Dell 450 warranty Advanced Features, LegacySelect Technology Control, Manageability

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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	Description
Bad CPU	The microprocessor has been unable to execute its first instructions.
Chassis Intrusion/Chassis Intrusion Cleared	The computer has been opened or the chassis intrusion alert has been cleared.
Corrupt BIOS	The BIOS is corrupted.
Failure to Boot to BIOS	The BIOS did not complete loading upon initiation.
System Password Failure	The system password is invalid (after 3 failed attempts).
Entity Presence	Periodic Heartbeats have been transmitted to verify computer presence.
Temperature - Too High (critical)	The computer temperature is out of limits.
Voltage - Too Low	The computer voltage is out of limits.
Too High (critical)
Cooling Device Limits	The computer fan speed/rpm is out of limits.
Ethernet Connectivity Enabled/Ethernet Connectivity Disabled	The Ethernet connectivity is enabled or Ethernet connectivity is disabled.
Power Supply	A fan or voltage failure exists inside the 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