Dell OptiPlex E1 - Manual (Page 6)

Fault Management
Fault Management features of Dell OpenManage include:
Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system and about thermal errors
An event log that stores events in a text file and reports information about the event under the following categories: System
Name, Component Name, Date and Time, Event Type, Event Severity, Event Class, and Event System
Configuration Management
Configuration Management features of the Dell OpenManage include:
Wakeup On LAN support, which allows network administrators to remotely turn on Managed PC systems with Wakeup On
LAN capability in a Dell DMI network.
A System Properties window that enables network administrators to view, set, or disable certain hardware configuration
settings for the local and remote systems in a Dell DMI network.
Support for the Microsoft System Management Server (SMS), which allows the exporting of one or more groups to an SMS
directory that the SMS administrator can access.
A Monitor component for systems running Windows 95 and having a display data channel (DDC)-compliant video subsystem
and monitor.
Automated inventory control of one or more groups for the remote systems in a Dell DMI network. Network administrators
can automate inventory to occur every day, week, or month at a certain hour, on the hour; or you can enable inventory as
needed. The Dell OpenManage creates a text file for the group(s) and saves it to a user-defined directory.
Support for the application used to create user-definable attributes (UDAs).
Asset Management
Asset Management features of the Dell OpenManage include:
Support that enables network administrators to remotely view, enter, and modify an asset tag number for a remote system in
a Dell DMI network
Automated and manual mapping of one or more groups to a user-defined directory
Security Management
Dell OpenManage includes password security that enables network administrators to maintain standard attribute values for the local
and remote systems in a Dell DMI network.
For more information about Dell OpenManage, refer to the online Dell OpenManage Help that accompanied the software.
PXE
The preboot execution environment (PXE) allows a personal computer to be managed by one or more servers running the
LANDesk
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Configuration Manager (LCM) software, which provides management services for the many Managed PC systems on
the network. The LCM allows network administrators to perform the following tasks:
Provide preboot support for a new Managed PC that depends on the server for its initial operating system installation
Service the network boot requests from the Managed PC systems
Download diagnostics and BIOS update utilities
Format the hard-disk drive, if required
Download and install the operating system, based on previously established profiles
Download and install applications
Update the operating system and applications as required
For additional information about the Intel LCM, refer to the documentation that accompanied the software.
Wakeup On LAN
The Wakeup On LAN feature allows you to remotely turn on a Managed PC that is in a sleep state. The ability to turn on the
Managed PC systems remotely allows you to perform remote computer setup, software downloading and installation, file updates,