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UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeup
thebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourtablet.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourtabletsystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasflashmemory.Youcanupdate
theUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadSetupprogrambystartingyourtabletwithaflashupdateopticaldiscor
flashupdateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourtabletisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobettermeet
yourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclienttabletsin
thesamewayasyouoperateyourowntablet,suchasturningonaclienttablet,formattingharddisk
drive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethetabletisconfiguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Systemmanagement
Readthistopictolearnmoreaboutfeaturesofsystemmanagement.
DesktopManagementInterface
ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourtabletsupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specification(SMBIOS)V2.6.1SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsofyour
system.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfandthe
devicesonthesystemboard.ThisspecificationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOS
information.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesyourtabletmoremanageable(itisPXE
2.1-compliant)byenablingittoboot(loadanoperatingsystemoranotherexecutableimage)fromaserver.
YourtabletsupportsthepersonaltabletfunctionsthatPXErequires.Forexample,withtheappropriateLAN
card,yourtabletcanbebootedfromthePXEserver.
Note:RemoteProgramLoad(RPL)cannotbeusedwithyourtablet.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitsconfigurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankfieldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
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