Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclientcomputers
inthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,formatting
harddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
SystemmanagementReadthistopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofsystemmanagement:
DesktopManagementInterface
ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specication(SMBIOS)V2.6.1SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsofyour
system.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfandthe
devicesonthesystemboard.ThisspecicationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOS
information.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)froma
server.YourcomputersupportsthepersonalcomputerfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withthe
appropriateLANcard,yourcomputercanbebootedfromthePXEserver.
Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.
WakeonLAN
AnetworkadministratorcanuseWakeonLANtoturnonacomputerfromamanagementconsole.
WhenWakeonLANisusedwithnetworkmanagementsoftware,manyfunctions,suchasdatatransfer,
softwareupdates,andFlashupdatesofUEFIBIOS,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendance.
Thisupdatingcanbedoneafternormalworkinghoursandonweekends,tosavetimeandincrease
productivity.Usersarenotinterruptedduringnormalworkinghours,andLANtrafciskepttoaminimum.
IfacomputeristurnedonbytheWakeonLANfunction,theNetworkbootsequenceisused.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitscongurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankeldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
SettingmanagementfeaturesToenablethenetworkadministratortocontrolyourcomputerremotely,youmustcongurethenetwork
interfacebysettingthesystem-managementfeaturesintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Youcancongure
thefollowingfunctionsintheprogram:
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