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Chapter 1. System Overview
IBM® PC 300® GL personal computer types 6563, 6564, and 6574 and PC 300PL
personal computer type 6565 are computer systems that provide state-of-the-art
computer power with room for future growth.
Features
Your computer has:
• An Intel® Pentium® III microprocessor with MMX™ technology, streaming
single instruction multiple date (SMID) extensions, and 512 KB L2 cache
Your computer may have all, or some, of the following major features:
• Room for up to 1 GB of system memory total
• Integrated IDE bus master controller, Ultra DMA-66 capable
• EIDE hard disk drive
• System management
— Remote Program Load (RPL) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP)
— Wake on LAN® support
— Desktop Management Interface (DMI) BIOS and DMI software
— Integrated network protocols
— Enablement for Remote Administration
— Ability to update POST and BIOS over the network
— Wake on Ring support
— Automatic power-on startup
— System Management (SM) BIOS and software
— Ability to store POST hardware test results
— Selectable startup sequence
— Selectable Automatic Power ON Startup Sequence
— CMOS Save/Restore utility program
— CMOS setup over LAN
• IDE CD-ROM
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drive, standard on some models
• CD-RW (Rewritable) drive, standard on some models
• DVD-ROM drive, standard on some models
• Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) modem, standard on some
models
• Asset security
— Security settings provided by the Configuration/Setup Utility program:
– Power-on and administrator password protection
– Startup sequence control
– Hard disk drive and diskette drive access control
– I/O port control
— Cover lock loop (PC 300GL models only)
— Cover key lock (PC 300PL models only)
— U-bolt and security cabling (optional)
1. Variable read rate. Actual playback speed will vary and is often less than the maximum possible.