User guide

•IntelStandardManageability
IntelStandardManageabilityisakindofhardwareandfirmwaretechnologythatbuildscertain
functionalityintocomputersinordertomakethecomputerseasierandlessexpensiveforbusinessesto
monitor,maintain,update,upgrade,andrepair.
•PrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)
ThePrebootExecutionEnvironmentisanenvironmenttostartcomputersusinganetworkinterface
independentofdatastoragedevices(suchastheharddiskdrive)orinstalledoperatingsystems.
•SystemManagement(SM)BasicInput/OutputSystem(BIOS)andSMsoftware
TheSMBIOSspecificationdefinesdatastructuresandaccessmethodsinaBIOSthatallowsauseroran
applicationtostoreandretrieveinformationspecificaboutthecomputerinquestion.
•WakeonLAN
WakeonLANisanEthernetcomputernetworkingstandardthatenablesacomputertobeturnedon
orwokenupbyanetworkmessage.Themessageisusuallysentbyaprogramrunningonanother
computeronthesamelocalareanetwork(LAN).
•WindowsManagementInstrumentation(WMI)
WindowsManagementInstrumentationisasetofextensionstotheWindowsDriverModel.Itprovidesan
operatingsysteminterfacethroughwhichinstrumentedcomponentsprovideinformationandnotification.
Input/Output(I/O)features
•Four9-pinserialconnectors
•OneDisplayPortconnector
•OneEthernetconnector
•Oneparallelconnector
•OnePersonalSystem/2(PS/2)keyboardconnector
•OnePS/2mouseconnector
•OneVGAmonitorconnector
•SixUniversalSerialBus(USB)2.0connectors(fouronthefrontpanelandtwoontherearpanel)
•Twoaudioconnectorsonthefrontpanel(microphoneconnectorandheadphoneconnector)
Formoreinformation,see“Locatingconnectors,controls,andindicatorsonthefrontofyourcomputer”on
page4
and“Locatingconnectorsontherearofyourcomputer”onpage5.
Expansion
•OneSATADOMcardslot
Powersupply
Yourcomputercomeswitha65-wattacpoweradapter.
Securityfeatures
•Abilitytoenableanddisableadevice
•AbilitytoenableanddisableUSBconnectorsindividually
•ComputraceAgentsoftwareembeddedinfirmware
•Power-onpassword(POP),administratorpassword,andharddiskdrivepasswordtodeterunauthorized
useofyourcomputer
•Startupsequencecontrol
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