WakeonLAN
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledonacomputerthatisconnectedtoaLAN,anetworkadministrator
canstartthecomputerremotelyfromamanagementconsole,usingremotenetwork-managementsoftware.
Whenyourcomputerisnotunderthenetworkadministrator'ssystemmanagement,youcandisableWake
onLAN.
ToenableordisableWakeonLAN,dothefollowing:
1.StartThinkPadSetup.
2.SelectConfig.TheConfigsubmenuisdisplayed.
3.SelectNetwork.TheNetworkitemsubmenuisdisplayed.
4.ForWakeOnLAN,selectoneofthefollowing:ACOnly,ACandBattery,orDisabled.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexit.
NetworkBootsequence
Whenyourcomputeristurnedonremotely,thesystemwilltrytobootfromthedevicethatisspecifiedinthe
NetworkBootsetting,andthenfollowthebootorderlistontheBootmenu.
Todefineasequence,dothefollowing:
1.OntheThinkPadSetupprogrammenu,selectStartup.Thesubmenuisdisplayed.
2.SelectNetworkBootandpresstheEnterkey.Thebootdevicelistisdisplayed.
3.Selectabootdevicefromthelisttomakeitasthetopbootpriority.
4.PressF10tosavechangesandexit.
Note:Ifyouwanttoinitializethesettingtoreturntothedefaultstartupsequence,pressF9.Thedefault
settingsareautomaticallyreloaded.
Flashupdate
Yournetworkadministratorcanremotelyupdatethesystemprogramsonyourcomputerfromamanagement
console.Thefollowingrequirementsmustbemet:
•YourcomputermustbestartedovertheLAN.
•YourcomputermustbeengagedinaPrebooteXecutionEnvironment.
•Network-managementsoftwaremustbeinstalledontheremoteadministrator'scomputer.
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