IBM ThinkPad 570E, User Manual

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Wake on LAN
Waking up from suspend mode by an incoming call
Universal Management Agent (UMA)
Asset ID EEPROM
The following sections tell you more about the functions and the
software that provides these functions.
Your computer supports the DMI function using the Desktop
Management BIOS (DMI BIOS).
Intel WfM full support
Your computer supports not only the required functions of the (Wired
for Management (WfM) but also recommended functions of the WfM.
Those functions are:
Instrumentation ( required function)
Remote new system setup ( recommended function)
Remote Wake on LAN (
recommended function)
Power management–ACPI compliance ( required function)
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 4 is an interface for managing
computers in a network. Using DMI, a system administrator can
easily make an inventories of all the software and hardware of the
computers on a network. DMI can be used to remotely track many
types of information about networked computers, including serial
numbers, memory attributes, product-specific characteristics of
installed devices, and operating system configuration information.
System Management BIOS Reference Specification (SMBIOS)
Version 2.2
The basic input/output system (BIOS) of your computer supports an
interface called System Management BIOS Reference Specification
(SMBIOS) Version 2.2. The SMBIOS provides some of the hardware
component information. It is the responsibility of the BIOS to supply
this database with information about itself and the devices on the
Chapter 9. Using system management
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