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YoucanupdatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadTabletSetupappbystartingyourtabletwithaflashupdate
applicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Whenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youcanconsiderupdatingyourUEFIBIOSforthe
newadditiontoworkcorrectly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.
Systemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Thetabletisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestomeetyour
businessobjectivesbetter.Thismanageabilityenablesyoutooperateclienttabletsremotelyinthesame
wayasyouoperateyourowntablet,suchasturningonaclienttablet,formattingtheharddiskdrive,
andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethetabletisconfiguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
Thefollowingcontentintroducessomesystemmanagementfeatures.
DesktopManagementInterface
ThesystemUEFIBIOSofyourtabletsupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOSReference
Specification(SMBIOS)V2.6.1.TheSMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsof
yoursystem.ItistheresponsibilityoftheBIOStosupplythisdatabasewithinformationaboutitselfand
thedevicesonthesystemboard.Thisspecificationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothis
BIOSinformation.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDElectricallyErasableProgrammableRead-OnlyMemory(EEPROM)containsinformationabout
thesystem,includingitsconfigurationandtheserialnumbersofkeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumber
ofblankfieldsinwhichyoucanrecordinformationabouttheendusersinyournetwork.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
ThePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesthetabletmoremanageablebyenabling
thetablettostartfromaserver.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,yourtabletcanbestarted
fromthePXEserver.
Note:TheRemoteInitialProgramLoad(RIPLorRPL)functioncannotbeusedwithyourtablet.
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