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Advanced Features: Dell Precision Workstation 470 and 670 Computers User's Guide
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Advanced Features
Dell Precision™ Workstation 470 and 670 Computers User's Guide
LegacySelect Technology Control
Manageability
Security
Password Protection
System Setup
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Clearing CMOS Settings
Hyper-Threading
IEEE 1394a
U320 SCSI Controller
Power Management
Copying CDs and DVDs
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, 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 computer is powered down. ASF is designed to supersede previous operating system-absent alerting
technologies.
Your computer supports the ASF alerts and remote capabilities described in the following table.
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.
BIOS: Corrupt BIOS/Corrupt BIOS Cleared The BIOS has been corrupted or the BIOS corruption
has been resolved.
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/Generic Critical Temperature Problem Cleared The computer temperature is out of limits or the
computer temperature problem has been resolved.