Software Features
The following software is included with your Dell computer system:
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A BIOS that resides in flash memory and can be upgraded by diskette, or remotely over a network, if required.
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Audio drivers for enabling the sound functions of the integrated audio controller.
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Bus-mastering EIDE drivers to improve performance by off-loading certain functions from the microprocessor during multithreaded operation
(when several applications are running simultaneously).
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Embedded
System Setup
for quickly viewing and changing the system configuration. System Setup also provides several
enhanced security
features
(a setup password, a system password, a system-password lock option, a write-
protect option for diskette drives, and display of the
system's service tag number).
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Dell Diagnostics
for evaluating the computer's components and devices.
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Network device drivers for several operating systems.
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the remote management of your computer system's software and hardware.
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Support for
Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant
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Manageability Features
Your Dell OptiPlex GX300 Managed PC system is designed for out-of-the-box manageability. To make managing your system as easy as
possible, the system is shipped with the DMI agent enabled and active, which allows a remote administrator to access and change system
settings. However, without the proper precautions, a system with an active DMI agent is vulnerable to unauthorized changes. For this reason, Dell
strongly recommends that you enable and use the
Setup Password
to prevent unauthorized changes to system settings.
The following subsections describe the hardware and software manageability features available for your system:
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Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
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MBA
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Remote Wake Up
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Remote System Alert
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Auto Power On
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Chassis intrusion alerts
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Temperature and voltage monitoring
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Common Information Model (CIM) support
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Configuration change alerts
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Asset Info with support for the cost of ownership (COO) Management Information Format (MIF) standard
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Remote flash BIOS
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Remote system configuration
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Prefailure alerts
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program (which is available as a download from the Dell Web site at
http:\\www.dell.com
or as a Dell-
installed option on your hard-disk drive) is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. It allows you to manage system-level
information, such as system configuration information and MIF database values.
Fault management features of the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant include the following:
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Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system
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An event log that stores events in a text file and reports the following information about events:
System Name
,
Component Name
,
Date
NOTE: Backup copies of all drivers for your system are included on the Dell ResourceCD. If you need to reinstall any of
these drivers, see the documentation that accompanied the ResourceCD.
