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ThinkPad X230 - Updating Your System UEFI BIOS; Using System Management; System Management

ThinkPad X230
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ExitDiscardingChanges:Restartthesystemwithoutsavingthechanges.
LoadSetupDefaults:Loadthedefaultsettingthatwasineffectatthetimeofpurchase.
EnableOSOptimizedDefaultstomeettheMicrosoftWindows8certicationrequirements.Whenyou
changethissetting,someothersettingsarechangedautomatically.TheaffectedsettingsareCSM
Support,UEFI/LegacyBoot,SecureBoot,andSecureRollBackPrevention.
DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory.Youcan
updatetheUEFIBIOSbystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdateopticaldiscorashupdateprogram
runningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,orsocalledasTotalCostofOwnership(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclient
computersinthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,
formattingharddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Systemmanagement
Readthistopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofsystemmanagement.
DesktopManagementInterface
ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specication(SMBIOS)V2.6.1.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsofyour
system.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfandthe
devicesonthesystemboard.ThisspecicationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOS
information.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
ThePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourcomputermoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)froma
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