Dell 610 manual Introduction

administrators to remotely manage connected Dell Precision 610 systems in a Dell DMI client network.

Features of Dell OpenManage Client Administrator include:

—Compliance with the DMI 2.0 specification

—Support for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system

—Remote Flash BIOS support that enables you to perform BIOS updates on remote systems in a Dell DMI client network

—Wakeup On LAN support that allows you to remotely turn on Dell systems with Wakeup On LAN capabilities in a Dell DMI client network

—Password security that allows you to maintain standard attribute values and hardware configuration settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI client network

—A System Properties window that allows you to view, set, and disable certain hardware configuration settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI client network

—An Alert Settings window that enables you to monitor remote systems, set thresholds, and detect events for the local system or remote system in a Dell DMI client network

—Support for the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), which allows you to export one or more groups to an SMS directory that the SMS admin- istrator can access

—Automated mapping of one or more groups to a user-defined directory

—A LAN Adapter component that lists information about the NIC for the local or remote system

—A Dell event log that stores events generated by Dell systems

—Automated inventory control for all active discovered systems

—Support for the application used to create user-definable attributes (UDAs)

Dell OpenManage Client is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. Dell OpenManage Client is designed for local systems in a Dell DMI client network and includes the following features:

—Compliance with the DMI 2.0 specification

—Support for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system

—Support to view and modify a local system's hardware configuration settings

—Support for the Microsoft SMS, which allows you to export one or more groups to an SMS directory that the SMS administrator can access

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