Dell Precision 220 - Manual (Page 57)

Software Features
The following software is included with your Dell computer system:
l A BIOS that resides in flash memory and can be upgraded by diskette, or remotely over a network, if required.
l Highly optimized 2D and OpenGL 3D graphics drivers designed to accelerate major graphics-intensive applications. See your graphics
card documentation for further details.
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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).
l 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, chassis intrusion
detection, and display of the system's service tag number).
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Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer's components and devices.
l Network device drivers for several operating systems.
l Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support, which enables the remote management of your computer system's software and hardware.
l Support for Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant .
Manageability Features
Dell offers the following manageability components for use with your Dell Precision 220 system:
l Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
l MBA
l Remote Wake Up
l Remote System Alert
l Auto Power On
l Chassis intrusion alerts
l Temperature and voltage monitoring
l Common Information Model (CIM) support
l Configuration change alerts
l Asset Info with support for the cost of ownership (COO) Management Information Format (MIF) standard
l Remote BIOS flash
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Remote system configuration
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Prefailure alerts
Dell OpenManage IT Assistant
The Dell OpenManage IT Assistant program 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:
l Alerts to warn you about events generated by SMART drives on a local or remote system
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Thermal monitoring to notify you if the system becomes overheated.
NOTE: Backup copies of all drivers for your system are included on the Dell Precision ResourceCD. If you need to reinstall any of these
drivers, see the documentation that accompanied the CD.