Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 Quick reference guide

Lenovo BIOS

Windows

nag

Instrumentation

Deployment Guide for

Desktop

Date:

June

2009

FirstEdition(June2009)

©CopyrightLenovo2009.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 ........................................................................................................7

Listing current BIOS settings.......................................................................................................................... 7

Changing BIOS settings .................................................................................................................................. 7

Changing the boot order .................................................................................................................................. 7

Restoring default settings................................................................................................................................ 8

Limitations........................................................................................................................................................ 8

Chapter 4. Security.................................................................................................................. 9

Appendix A. Sample Visual Basic scripts for configuring BIOS settings..........................11

Restore default settings................................................................................................................................... 11

List all BIOS settings on the local computer .................................................................................................. 12

Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer ............................................................................................. 12

Set a single BIOS setting on the local computer if a Administration password exists .................................... 13

List all BIOS settings on the remote computer ............................................................................................... 14

Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer............................................................................................. 14

Set a single BIOS setting on a remote computer when a Administrator password exists ............................... 15

Appendix B. Notices .............................................................................................................. 17

Trademarks ..................................................................................................................................................... 18

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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.



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.



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.



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

LenovoBIOSsettings.



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

Thinkcentreproductsonly:



·ThinkcentreM58/M58p

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Chapter 2. Script Classes and Parameter

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

BIOSsettings.

Configuring BIOS settings

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

settings.

·Namespace:ʺ\root\WMIʺ

·BaseClass:ʺLenovo_BIOSElementʺ

·Interfacedetails(seeTable1)

Table 1. Interface Details

Notes:

1. SeeAppendixA,“SampleVisualBasicscriptsforconfiguring

BIOSsettings,”onpage11forVisualBasicsamplescripts.

2. SeeTable4onpage4foralistingofacceptablesettingnames.

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.

Invalid

Parameter

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.

ClassName

ype Paramete

Return Example

Lenovo_BiosSetting Query CurrentSetting:ʺItem,ValueʺʺWakeOnLAN,

Lenovo_SetBiosSetting Method ʺItem,Value,ʺ ʺWakeOnLAN,

Disabled,ʺ

Lenovo_SaveBiosSettingsMethod ʺPassword,Encoding,KbdLang,ʺʺpswd,ascii,us,ʺ

Lenovo_DiscardBiosSettingsMethod ʺ,ʺʺ,ʺ

Lenovo_LoadDefaultSettingsMethod ʺ,ʺʺ,ʺ

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SystemBusyBIOSchangeshavealreadybeenmadethatneedtobe

committed.Rebootthesystemandtryagain



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

·“1e302e”–scancode

Parameter2Passwordencoding ·“ascii”

·“scancode”

Parameter3Keyboardlanguages

(validonlyifencodingis″ascii″)

·″us″‐EnglishUS,English,

French‐Canadian,Italian,Japanese,

Korean,Norwegian,Polish,

Portuguese,

Spanish‐European,Spanish‐Latin

American,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. Thesecurity‐relatedoptionsarenotchangedevenifthe

“loaddefault”isrequested.

Table 4. List of available BIOS settings

Itemname Selectionname Load

USBSupport ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USBFrontPORTS ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USBRearPORTS ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB1 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB2 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB3 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB4 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB5 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

USB6 ʺDisabledʺ,ʺEnabledʺY

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