Lenovo ThinkStation C20 Quick reference guide

Lenovo BIOS

Windows

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Instrumentation

Deployment Guide for

Workstations (S20/D20/C20)

Date: September 2010

FirstEdition(September2010)

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©CopyrightLenovo2010.Allrightsreserved.

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Contents

Preface....................................................................................................................................III

Chapter 1. Overview ............................................................................................................... 1

Using Windows Management Instrumentation................................................................................................. 1

Key benefits ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

Function................................................................................................................................................... 2

Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 2

Interface................................................................................................................................................... 2

Supported computers ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Chapter 2. Script Classes and Parameter ............................................................................ 3

Configuring BIOS settings.............................................................................................................................. 3

Return types...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Password Authentication................................................................................................................................. 4

Available BIOS setting names ........................................................................................................................ 4

Chapter 3. Typical Usage .......................................................................................................11

Listing current BIOS settings.........................................................................................................................11

Changing BIOS settings .................................................................................................................................11

Changing the boot order .................................................................................................................................11

Restoring default settings...............................................................................................................................12

Limitations.......................................................................................................................................................12

Chapter 4. Security.................................................................................................................13

Appendix A. Sample Visual Basic scripts for configuring BIOS settings..........................15

Restore default settings................................................................................................................................... 15

List all BIOS settings on the local computer .................................................................................................. 16

Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer............................................................................................. 16

Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer if a Administration password exists .................................... 17

List all BIOS settings on the remote computer ............................................................................................... 18

Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer............................................................................................. 18

Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer when a Administrator password exists ............................... 19

Appendix B. Notices ..............................................................................................................22

Trademarks .....................................................................................................................................................23

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Preface

ThepurposeofthisguideistoexplainhowtomodifyBIOS

settingsandbootorderusingWindowsManagement

Instrumentation(WMI)throughtheLenovoclient‐management

interface.ThisguideisintendedforskilledITadministratorswho

arefamiliarwithconfiguringBIOSsettingsoncomputersintheir

organizations.

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ThisguideisprovidedinaZIPfilepackagethatcontainsthis

deploymentguideaswellasVisualBasicsamplescriptstouse

whenconfiguringBIOSsettings.

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ThisdeploymentguideisdevelopedforITprofessionalstoassist

withtheuniquechallengesthattheyencounter.Ifyouhave

suggestionsorcomments,communicatewithyourLenovo®

authorizedrepresentative.Tolearnmoreaboutthetechnologiesthat

canhelpyoulowerthetotalcostofownershipandtocheckfor

periodicupdatestothisguide,visitthefollowingWebsite:

www.lenovo.com/support

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Chapter 1. Overview

ITadministratorsarealwayslookingforeasierwaystomanage

clientcomputerBIOSsettings,whichincludehardwaresettings

andbootorder.TheLenovoBIOSWMIinterfaceprovidesa

simplifiedwaytochangethesesettings.Lenovohasdevelopeda

BIOSinterfacethatcanbemanipulatedthroughWindows

ManagementInstrumentation(WMI).TheLenovoBIOSWMI

interfaceenablesITadministratorstomakequeriesoncurrent

BIOSsettings,restoresettingstotheirfactorydefaults,change

singlesettings,andmodifythebootordereitheratclient

computersorremotely.

Using Windows Management Instrumentation

WMIisprovidedasastandardfeatureinmostWindows®operating

systems.Itprovidesapowerfulsetoffunctions,suchas

query‐basedinformationretrievalandeventnotification,which

enablesuserstomanagebothlocalandremotecomputers.The

LenovoBIOSWMIinterfaceextendsthecapabilitiesofWMIto

allowmanagementofBIOSsettings.

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ThefollowingillustrationshowshowWMIcanbeusedtoaccess

LenovoBIOSsettings.

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WMIusesWindowsScriptHost(WSH)tointerpretscripts.Youcan

writeyourscriptsineitherWindowsVisualBasicScriptingEdition

(VBScript)orJavaScript.

Key benefits

TheLenovoBIOSWMIinterfaceprovidesthefollowingbenefits:

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Function

·FlexibleBIOSconfiguration,includingtheabilitytochangea

singleBIOSsettingorallBIOSsettings

·NodependencyonaspecificBIOSlevel

Environment

·Remoteorlocalcapabilities

·Supportofunattendedoperations

·Nosoftwareinstallation,includingmanagedobjectformat(MOF),

required

·ReplacesDOS‐basedBIOSconfigurationtools

Interface

·Easytoadoptforvariousmanagementservers

·ReplacescurrentSMIinterface

·Commoninterfacefordifferentproducts

Supported computers

BIOSsetupthroughWMIissupportedonthefollowingnew

Thinkstationproducts only:

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·Thinkstation S20/C20/D20

Thinkstation S20 requires BIOS version 60KT40A or later

Thinkstation C20/C20x/D20 requires BIOS version 61KT44A or later

Chapter 2. Script Classes and Parameter

ThischaptercontainsWMIimplementationdetailsforconfiguring

BIOSsettings.

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Configuring BIOS settings

ThefollowinginterfacedetailscanbeusedtoaccessLenovoBIOS

settings.

∙Namespace:ʺ\root\WMIʺ

∙BaseClass:ʺLenovo_BIOSElementʺ

∙Interfacedetails(seeTable1)

Table 1. Interface Details

ClassNameTypeParameter/ReturnExample

Lenovo_BiosSetting Query CurrentSetting:ʺItem,Valueʺ ʺWakeOnLAN,

Lenovo_SetBiosSetting Method ʺItem,Value,ʺ ʺWakeOnLAN,Disabled,”

Lenovo_SaveBiosSetting Method ʺPassword,Encoding,KbdLang,ʺ ʺpswd,ascii,us,ʺ

Lenovo_DiscardBiosSetting Method ʺ,ʺ ʺ,ʺ

Lenovo_LoadBiosSetting Method ʺ,ʺ ʺ,ʺ

Return types

Youwillreceiveoneofthefollowingreturntypesaftermakingchangesto

BIOSsettings:

Table 2. Return Types

ReturnTypeDescription

Success Operationcompletedsuccessfully.

NotSupported Thefeatureisnotsupportedonthissystem.

InvalidParameter Theitemorvalueprovidedisnotvalid.

AccessDenied

Thechangecouldnotbemadeduetoanauthenticationproblem.

Ifasupervisorpasswordexists,thecorrectsupervisorpassword

mustbeprovided.

System Busy BIOS changes have already been made that neet to be

committed. Reboot the system and try again.

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Password Authentication

IfanAdministratorpasswordisalreadyset,youmustspecifythat

administratorpasswordbeforeyoucanchangeanyBIOSsettings.

Theformatforpasswordparametersisʺabc,ascii,usʺwith

descriptionsinTable3.

Table 3. Password parameters format, password authentication

ParameterDescriptionPossibleselections

Parameter1 Currentpassword·“abc”‐rawasciicharacter

·“1e302e”–scancode

Parameter2 Passwordencoding ·“ascii”

·“scancode”

Parameter3 Keyboardlanguages

(validonlyifencodingis″ascii″)·″us″‐EnglishUS,English,French‐Canadian,

Italian,Japanese,Korean,Norwegian,Polish,

Portuguese,Spanish‐European,

Spanish‐LatinAmerican,Swiss,Turkish

·″fr″‐French‐European,Belgian

·″gr″‐German,Czech,Slovak,Slovenian

Available BIOS setting names

SomeBIOSsettingsaredependentonthepresenceofcertainhardware

features.Settingsmightvaryondifferentcomputers.

Notes:

1. BIOS settings and values are case sensitive.

2. "Load Defaults" will only change the values for BIOS

settings that can be changedvia the WMI interface.

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Table 4. List of Available BIOS settings for S20

Item Name Selection Name Load

"Legacy Diskette A" “Disabled”, “Enabled” Y

"Serial Port A" "Disabled", "Enabled", "Automatic" Y

"Serial A Base IO Address" "3F8", "2F8", "3E8", "2E8" Y

"Serial A Interrupt" "IRQ3", "IRQ4" Y

"Serial Port B" "Disabled", "Enabled", "Automatic" Y

"Serial B Base IO Address" "3F8", "2F8", "3E8", "2E8" Y

"Serial B Interrupt" "IRQ3", "IRQ4" Y

"USB Support" “Disabled”, “Enabled” Y

"USB Front Ports" “Disabled”, “Enabled” Y

"USB Card Reader" “Disabled”, “Enabled” Y

“Serial ATA” “Disabled”, “Enabled Y

"Native Mode Operation" "Automatic", "Serial ATA" Y

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