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features (a setup password, a system password, a system-password lock option, a write-protect option for diskette drives, and display of the system's service tag number). l Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer's components and devices. l Video drivers designed to support the integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator. l Network device drivers for several operating systems. l Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the remote management of your computer system's software and hardware. l Support for Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant. Manageability Features Your Dell OptiPlex GX100 Managed PC system is designed for out-of-the-box manageability. To make managing your system as easy as possible, the system is shipped with the DMI agent enabled and active, which allows a remote administrator to access and change system settings. However, without the proper precautions, a system with an active DMI agent is vulnerable to unauthorized changes. For this reason, Dell strongly recommends that you enable and use the Setup Password to prevent unauthorized changes to system settings. The following subsections describe the hardware and software manageability features available for your system: l Dell OpenManage IT Assistant l Managed boot agent (MBA) l Remote Wake Up l Remote System Alert l Auto Power On l Chassis intrusion alerts l Common Information Model (CIM) support l Configuration change alerts l Asset Info with support for the cost of ownership (COO) Management Information Format (MIF) standard l Remote flash BIOS l Remote system configuration l Prefailure alerts Dell OpenManage IT Assistant The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program (which is available as a download from the Dell Web site at http:\\www.dell.com or as a Dellinstalled option on your hard-disk drive) is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. It allows you to manage system-level information, such as system configuration information and MIF database values. Fault management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant include the following: l Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system l An event log that stores events in a text file and reports the following information about events: System Name, Component Name, Date and Time, Event Type, Event Severity, Event Class, and Event System Configuration management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program include the following: l Remote Wake Up support, which allows network administrators to remotely turn on Managed PC systems with Remote Wake Up capability in a Dell DMI network l A System Properties window that enables network administrators to view, set, or disable certain hardware configuration settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI network l Support for the Microsoft® System Management Server (SMS), which allows the exporting of one or more groups to an SMS directory that the SMS administrator can access l A monitor component for systems running Windows 98 or Windows 95 and having a display data channel (DDC)-compliant video subsystem and monitor

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features
(a setup password, a system password, a system-password lock option, a write-protect option for diskette drives, and display of the
system's service tag number).
l
Dell Diagnostics
for evaluating the computer's components and devices.
l
Video drivers designed to support the integrated Intel Direct AGP Graphics Accelerator.
l
Network device drivers for several operating systems.
l
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the remote management of your computer system's software and hardware.
l
Support for
Dell
OpenManage™ IT Assistant
.
Manageability Features
Your Dell OptiPlex GX100 Managed PC system is designed for out-of-the-box manageability. To make managing your system as easy as
possible, the system is shipped with the DMI agent enabled and active, which allows a remote administrator to access and change system
settings. However, without the proper precautions, a system with an active DMI agent is vulnerable to unauthorized changes. For this reason, Dell
strongly recommends that you enable and use the
Setup Password
to prevent unauthorized changes to system settings.
The following subsections describe the hardware and software manageability features available for your system:
l
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
l
Managed boot agent (MBA)
l
Remote Wake Up
l
Remote System Alert
l
Auto Power On
l
Chassis intrusion alerts
l
Common Information Model (CIM) support
l
Configuration change alerts
l
Asset Info with support for the cost of ownership (COO) Management Information Format (MIF) standard
l
Remote flash BIOS
l
Remote system configuration
l
Prefailure alerts
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program (which is available as a download from the Dell Web site at
http:\\www.dell.com
or as a Dell-
installed option on your hard-disk drive) is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. It allows you to manage system-level
information, such as system configuration information and MIF database values.
Fault management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant include the following:
l
Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system
l
An event log that stores events in a text file and reports the following information about events:
System Name
,
Component Name
,
Date
and Time
,
Event Type
,
Event Severity
,
Event Class
, and
Event System
Configuration management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program include the following:
l
Remote Wake Up support, which allows network administrators to remotely turn on Managed PC systems with Remote Wake Up capability
in a Dell DMI network
l
A
System Properties
window that enables network administrators to view, set, or disable certain hardware configuration settings for the
local and remote systems in a Dell DMI network
l
Support for the Microsoft
®
System Management Server (SMS), which allows the exporting of one or more groups to an SMS directory that
the SMS administrator can access
l
A monitor component for systems running Windows 98 or Windows 95 and having a display data channel (DDC)-compliant video subsystem
and monitor