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Advanced Features
DellPrecision™Workstation390User'sGuide
LegacySelect Technology Control
Manageability
Security
Password Protection
System Setup
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Clearing CMOS Settings
Power Management
Hyper-Threading
IEEE 1394
About RAID Configurations
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.Controlisprovidedtotheadministratorthroughsystemsetup,DellOpenManage™ITAssistant,orDell™customfactoryintegration.
LegacySelect allows administrators to electronically activate or deactivate connectors and media devices that include serial and USB connectors, a parallel
connector, a floppy drive, PCI slots, 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
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:
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.
DellOpenManage™ITAssistant
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 and CIM
industry standards.
Dell OpenManage Client instrumentation, which is based on 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.