Personal Computer User Manual

Chapter11.Additionalserviceinformation

Thischapterprovidesadditionalinformationthattheservicerepresentativemightndhelpful.

Securityfeatures

Securityfeaturesinthissectionincludethefollowing:

•Passwords

•VitalProductData

•SecureManagedClient(somemodels)

Hardwarecontrolledpasswords

UsetheSetupUtilityprogramtosetthehardwarecontrolledpasswords.Formoreinformationabout

passwords,see“Usingpasswords”onpage43

Operatingsystempassword

Note:ThissectionappliesonlytocomputermodelsthathaveanoperatingsystempreinstalledfromLenovo.

Anoperatingsystempasswordisverysimilartoapower-onpasswordanddeniesaccesstothecomputerby

anunauthorizeduserwhenthepasswordisactivated.Thecomputerisunusableuntilthecorrectpassword

isenteredandrecognizedbythecomputer.

VitalProductData

EachcomputerhasauniqueVitalProductData(VPD)codestoredinthenonvolatilememoryonthesystem

board.Afteryoureplacethesystemboard,theVPDmustbeupdated.ToupdatetheVPD,see“Updating

(ashing)BIOSfromadisc”onpage560.

SecureManagedClient

TheSecureManagedClient(SMC)isastorage-based,desktopcomputingsolutionthathelpsbusinesses

reduceITcostsandimprovesecuritybyturningoffharddiskdrivesandstoringalldatainanon-server

remotelocationwhileofferinguserstheexibilityandperformanceofatraditionaldesktopcomputer.For

computermodelsthatdonothaveaninternalharddiskdriveandapreinstalledoperatingsystem,but

usearemoteharddiskdriveaccessedthroughtheSMC-StorageArray,contactthenetworkorstorage

administrator.

BIOSlevels

AnincorrectlevelofBIOScancausefalseerrorsandunnecessaryFRUreplacement.Usethefollowing

informationtodeterminethecurrentlevelofBIOSinstalledinthecomputer,thelatestBIOSavailableforthe

computer,andwheretoobtainthelatestlevelofBIOS.

•TodeterminethecurrentlevelofBIOS:

–StarttheSetupUtility.

–SeeBIOSRevisionLevelontheMainsetupscreen.

•SourcesforobtainingthelatestlevelBIOSavailable

1.Lenovosupportwebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support/

2.LenovoCustomerSupportCenter

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