• PCI Fax modem (installed in some models)
System management features
•Ability to store
•Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Desktop Management Interface provides a common path for users to access information about all aspects of a computer, including processor type, installation date, attached printers and other peripherals, power sources, and maintenance history.
•Intel Standard Manageability
Intel Standard Manageability is hardware and firmware technology that builds certain functionality into computers in order to make them easier and less expensive for businesses to monitor, maintain, update, upgrade, and repair.
•Intel Matrix Storage Manager
Intel Matrix Storage Manager is a device driver that provides support for SATA RAID 5 arrays and SATA RAID 10 arrays on specific Intel chipset system boards to enhance hard disk performance.
•Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
The Preboot Execution Environment is an environment to start computers using a network interface independent of data storage devices (such as the hard disk drive) or installed operating systems.
•Intelligent Cooling Engine (ICE)
The Intelligent Cooling Engine is a system thermal management solution that enables your computer to run with better thermal and acoustic performance. The ICE function also monitors the thermal performance of your computer to identify thermal problems. For more information, see “ICE performance mode” on page 101 and “ICE thermal alert” on page 101.
•System Management (SM) Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) and SM software
The SM BIOS specification defines data structures and access methods in a BIOS that allows a user or application to store and retrieve information specific about the computer in question.
•Wake on LAN
Wake on LAN is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up by a network message. The message is usually sent by a program running on another computer on the same local area network.
•Wake on Ring
Wake on Ring, sometimes referred to as Wake on Modem, is a specification that allows supported computers and devices to resume from sleep or hibernation mode.
•Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Windows Management Instrumentation is a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model. It provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification.
