Table6.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSelectionComments
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled,”theF12key
isrecognizedandtheBootmenuis
displayed.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled,”theBoot
PriorityOrderislockedforyourfuture
use.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.UEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromothersoftware
layers.
Yourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).Y oucanupdateUEFIBIOSandtheConguration/ThinkPad
SetupProgrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdatetoolapplicationrunningontheWindows
environment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmaybeinformedthatyouneed
toupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=tpad-matrix
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministr ators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanr edirectmoreofyourr esourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(T CO),enablesyoutoremotelypoweronyourcomputer,
formattheharddiskdrive,installthesoftwareofyourchoice,andhavethecomputerstartupandfunction
inthesamewayasanordinarydeskt opPC.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Systemmanagement
CheckthefollowingtopicstolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofSystemManagement:
•DesktopManagementInterface
•PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
•WakeonLAN
•AssetIDEEPROM

DesktopManagementInterface

ThesystemBIOS(UEFIBIOS)ofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOS
ReferenceSpecication(SMBIOS)V2.6.1.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponents
ofyoursystem.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitself
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