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Dell™OptiPlex™SX260SystemsUser'sGuide
LegacySelect Technology Control
Manageability
Security
Password Protection
System Setup
Jumper Settings
Power Button
Hyper-Threading
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
ASF is a DMTF management standard that specifies "pre-operating system" or "operating system-absent" alerting techniques. It 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 and remote capabilities:
For more information about Dell's ASF implementation, see the ASF User's Guide and the ASF Administrator's Guide, available on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
Alert
Description
Chassis
Intrusion/Chassis
Intrusion Cleared
System chassis has been
opened/System chassis intrusion
alert has been cleared
Corrupt BIOS
The system BIOS is corrupted
Failure to Boot to BIOS
System BIOS did not complete
loading upon initiation
System Password Failure
System password invalid (after
3 failed attempts)
Entity Presence
Periodic Heartbeats transmitted
to verify system presence
CPU Failure
Microprocessor is present but
not functioning