ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=tpad-matrix
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelypoweronyourcomputer,
formattheharddiskdrive,installthesoftwareofyourchoice(forexample,WindowsXPwithuserand
system-managementapplications),andhavethecomputerstartupandfunctioninthesamewayasan
ordinarydesktopPC.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Systemmanagement
CheckthefollowingtopicstolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofSystemManagement:
•DesktopManagementInterface
•PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
•AssetIDEEPROM
DesktopManagementInterface
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterfaceofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystem
ManagementBIOSReferenceSpecication(SMBIOS)V2.4.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthe
hardwarecomponentsofyoursystem.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewith
informationaboutitselfandthedevicesonthesystemboard.Thisspecicationdocumentsthestandards
forgettingaccesstothisUEFIinformation.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)fromaserver.
YourcomputersupportsthePCfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,
yourcomputercanbebootedfromthePXEserver.
Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitscongurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankeldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
Settingmanagementfeatures
Toenablethenetworkadministratortocontrolyourcomputerremotely,youmustcongurethenetwork
interfacebysettingthesystem-managementfeaturesinThinkPadSetup.ThinkPadSetupcontainsthe
followingfunctions:
•Startupsequence
Chapter8.Advancedconguration117
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