system-managementapplications),andhavethecomputerstartupandfunctioninthesamewayasan
ordinarydesktopPC.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsyst emandthenetwork.
Systemmanagement
Checkthefollowingt opicstolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofSystemManagement:
•DesktopManagementInterface
•PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
•WakeonLAN
•AssetIDEEPROM

DesktopManagementInterface

TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterfaceofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystem
ManagementBIOSReferenceSpecication(SMBIOS)V2.4.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthe
hardwarecomponentsofyoursystem.Itisther esponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewith
informationaboutitselfandthedevicesonthesystemboard.Thisspecicationdocumentsthestandards
forgettingaccesstothisUEFIinformation.

PrebooteXecutionEnvironment

PrebooteXecutionEnvir onment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)fromaserver.
YourcomputersupportsthePCfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,
yourcomput ercanbebootedfromthePXEserver.
Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.

WakeonLAN

AnetworkadministratorcanuseWakeonLANtoturnonacomputerfromamanagementconsole.When
WakeonLANisusedwithnetworkmanagementsoftware,manyfunctions,suchasdatatransfer,software
updates,andFlashupdatesofUEFIBIOS,canbeperformedremotelywithoutremoteattendance.This
updatingcanbedoneafternormalworkinghoursandonweekends,tosavetimeandincreaseproductivity.
Usersarenotinterruptedduringnormalworkinghours,andLANtrafciskeptt oaminimum.Ifacomputeris
turnedonbytheWakeonLANfunction,theNetworkBootsequenceisused.

AssetIDEEPROM

TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitscongurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankeldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
Settingmanagementfeatures
Toenablethenetworkadministratortocontrolyourcomputerremotely,youmustcongurethenetwork
interfacebysettingthesyst em-managementfeaturesintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Y oucancongure
thefollowingfunctionsintheprogram:
•Startupsequence
Ifanadministrator'spassword(supervisorpassword)hasbeenset,youwillneedtospecifyitwhenyoustart
ThinkPadSetup,sothatyoucanusethesefunctions.
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