Dell Precision 690 User Guide - Page 8

Back to Contents Page Advanced Features Dell Precision™ Workstation 690 User's Guide LegacySelect Technology Control Manageability Security Password Protection System Setup Boot Menu Clearing Forgotten Passwords Clearing CMOS Settings Power Management Hyper-Threading and Dual-Core Technology IEEE 1394 About RAID Configurations RAID Configuration Utility RAID Configuration and Management Performing Configuration Tasks 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 system 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 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. 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.