Advanced Features 65Advanced FeaturesLegacySelect Technology ControlLegacySelect technology control offers legacy-full, legacy-reduced, or legacy-free solutions based on common platforms, hard-drive images, and help deskprocedures. 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 deactivateconnectors and media devices that include serial and USB connectors, aparallel connector, a floppy drive, PCI slots, and a PS/2 mouse. Connectorsand media devices that are deactivated make resources available. You mustrestart the computer to effect the changes.ManageabilityDell OpenManage™ IT AssistantIT Assistant configures, manages, and monitors computers and other deviceson a corporate network. IT Assistant manages assets, configurations, events(alerts), and security for computers equipped with industry-standardmanagement software. It supports instrumentation that conforms to SNMP,DMI, and CIM industry standards.Dell OpenManage Client instrumentation, which is based on DMI and CIM,is available for your computer. For information on IT Assistant, see the DellOpenManage IT Assistant User’s Guide available on the Dell Support websiteat support.dell.com.Dell OpenManage Client InstrumentationDell OpenManage Client Instrumentation is software that enables remotemanagement programs such as IT Assistant to do the following:
