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DellPrecision™Workstation690User'sGuide
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, 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:
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, 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.
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
Alert
Description
Chassis: Chassis Intrusion - Physical Security Violation/ Chassis Intrusion -
Physical Security Violation Event Cleared
The computer chassis has been opened or the chassis
intrusion alert has been cleared.
Boot: Failure to Boot to BIOS
The BIOS did not complete loading upon initiation.
Password: System Password Violation
The system password is invalid (alert occurs after three failed
attempts).
CPU: CPU DOA Alert/CPU DOA Alert Cleared
The processor is not functioning.
Heartbeats: Entity Presence
Periodic heartbeats have been transmitted to verify system
presence.
Temperature: Generic Critical Temperature Problem
The computer temperature is out of limits.
Voltage: Generic Critical Voltage Problem
The voltage from integrated voltage regulators is out of limits.
Power Supply: Critical Power Supply Problem
The computer power supply voltage is out of limits.
Cooling Device: Generic Critical Fan Failure
The fan speed (rpm) is out of limits.
Connectivity: Ethernet Connectivity Enabled/
Ethernet Connectivity Disabled
The Ethernet connectivity is enabled or the Ethernet
connectivity is disabled.