User's Manual

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Oneachmenu,tapthedefaultvaluetoshowselectableoptionsandtapadesiredoptiontoselectit.Follow
theinstructionsonthescreentoconfigurethesettings.Afteryouchangethesettings,tapRestart,and
thentapyourdesiredoptiontorestartthetablet.
Note:Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthetabletsupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
UpdatingtheUEFIBIOS
TheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeup
thebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourtablet.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YoucanupdatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadTabletSetupprogrambystartingyourtabletwithaflash
updateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Whenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youcanconsiderupdatingyourUEFIBIOSforthe
newadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Systemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Thetabletisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestomeetyour
businessobjectivesbetter.
Thismanageabilityenablesyoutooperateclienttabletsremotelyinthesamewayasyouoperateyourown
tablet,suchasturningonaclienttablet,formattingtheharddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethetabletisconfiguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Thefollowingcontentintroducessomesystemmanagementfeatures.
DesktopManagementInterface
ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourtabletsupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specification(SMBIOS)V2.6.1.TheSMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsof
yoursystem.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfand
thedevicesonthesystemboard.Thisspecificationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothis
BIOSinformation.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthesystem,includingitsconfigurationandtheserial
numbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankfieldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformation
abouttheendusersinyournetwork.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
ThePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesthetabletmoremanageablebyenabling
thetablettostartfromaserver.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,yourtabletcanbestarted
fromthePXEserver.
Note:TheRemoteInitialProgramLoad(RIPLorRPL)functioncannotbeusedwithyourtablet.
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