Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E320 - System Management; Setting Management Features

Systemmanagement
CheckthefollowingtopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofSystemManagement:
•DesktopManagementInterface
•PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
•AssetIDEEPROM
DesktopManagementInterface
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterfaceofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystem
ManagementBIOSReferenceSpecication(SMBIOS)V2.4.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthe
hardwarecomponentsofyoursystem.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewith
informationaboutitselfandthedevicesonthesystemboard.Thisspecicationdocumentsthestandards
forgettingaccesstothisUEFIinformation.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)fromaserver.
YourcomputersupportsthePCfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,
yourcomputercanbebootedfromthePXEserver.
Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitscongurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankeldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
Settingmanagementfeatures
Toenablethenetworkadministratortocontrolyourcomputerremotely,youmustcongurethenetwork
interfacebysettingthesystem-managementfeaturesintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Youcancongure
thefollowingfunctionsintheprogram:
•Startupsequence
Ifanadministrator'spassword(supervisorpassword)hasbeenset,youwillneedtospecifyitwhenyoustart
ThinkPadSetup,sothatyoucanusethesefunctions.
Startupsequence
Whenyourcomputeristurnedonremotely,thedevicesattachedtoitstartinanorderdeterminedbythe
settingsforautomaticpower-on.
Todeneasequence:
1.OntheThinkPadSetupmenu,selectStartup.TheStartupsubmenuappears.
2.SelectNetworkBoot.TheNetworkBootsubmenuappears.Thedevicelistintherightwindowapplies
tothestartupsequence.
3.Thedevicesthatstartautomaticallyarelistedintherightwindow.TochangethetoppriorityofNetwork
Bootpriorityorder,selectanentryinthelistandthenpressEnter.
Note:NetworkBootdevicelistisaxedbootdevicelist.Youcannotchangetheorderinwhichthey
startusingF5orF6tomoveitupordown.
4.PressF10.
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