Manageability features – Dell OptiPlex GX1 User Manual
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Introduction: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide
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The System Setup program for quickly viewing and changing the configuration information for your
system. For more information on this program, see "
Enhanced security features (a setup password, a system password, a system-password lock option,
a write-protect option for diskette drives, and automatic display of the system's service tag number)
available through the System Setup program. In addition, a customer-definable asset tag number can
be assigned via a software support utility and viewed on the
. For more
information, see "
Advanced power management options that can reduce the energy consumption of your system. For
more information, see "
for evaluating the computer's components and devices.
Network device drivers for several network operating systems. For more information, see the Dell
ResourceCD.
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the management of your computer
system's software and hardware. DMI defines the software, interfaces, and data files that enable your
system to determine and report information about system components.
Manageability Features
Your system incorporates many hardware and software features to improve the manageability of the system.
Installed features include:
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Dell OpenManage Program
The Dell OpenManage program is the Dell software-management application interface for DMI. It allows you
to manage system-level information, such as system configuration information and management information
format (MIF) database values (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Dell OpenManage Program