Lenovo Configuration Pack for Microsoft
System Center Configuration Manager provides
you with the ability to check for IMM/uEFI settings on
an Lenovo system.
You can use the Lenovo Configuration Pack Editor to create settings for validation on an endpoint.
Lenovoconfiguration data is exported by Lenovo Configuration Pack Editor to a Configuration Pack (.cab) file. The .cab file is then
imported to System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), where
it can be utilized by the Desired Configuration Management feature.
Administrators can assign configuration data to specific collections
in SCCM. Configuration
data includes Visual Basic Script, which invokes the ASU.exe tool to validate
an endpoint's compliance.
Lenovo Configuration Pack provides
the following support:
- Capture IMM/uEFI/uEFI (Romley Platform) settings
- Lenovo Configuration
Capture can capture IMM/uEFI/uEFI (Romley
Platform) settings from an Lenovo server, and export the captured
settings to an Lenovo system configuration description file. The exported configuration description file can then be
imported into any Lenovo Configuration Pack Editor.
- Export an Lenovo system configuration data to an SCCM Console:
- This feature provides the ability to import configuration items to an SCCM Console and assign
them to SCCM client
collections.
- Author Lenovo system configuration data:
- Lenovo system configuration data is composed of Lenovoconfiguration items, Lenovo configuration Setting Collections, and Lenovoconfiguration settings. In this release,
the Lenovo system configuration data scope is IMM/uEFI settings.
- Support IMM/uEFI common settings:
- Lenovo Configuration Pack Editor supports some common
settings of IMM/uEFI that can help you author Lenovo system configuration setting.
- Export Lenovo system configuration data to a Lenovo Configuration
Pack:
- Lenovo Configuration Pack contains configuration items and Setting Collections in a .cab file that are determined by DCM standards. Lenovo Configuration Pack can be imported
into a DCM server.
- Export Lenovo system configuration data to a configuration
description:
- This feature provides the ability to share and
edit configuration data exported
to a configuration description XML file.
The configuration description file can
contain one or more Lenovoconfiguration items and Setting Collections.
- Import Lenovo system configuration description:
- The configuration description XML file
can be imported into Lenovo Configuration Pack Editor.
Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)
You can use the Lenovo Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) to modify firmware
settings from a command line on various operating-system platforms,
such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris Unix, MicrosoftWindows, and WinPE.
ASU supports
BIOS code, Remote Supervisor Adapter and Remote Supervisor Adapter II
firmware, Baseboard Management Controller firmware, Integrated Management Module and more.
Configuration Packconfiguration data does not include ASU.exe. To use Lenovo Configuration Pack for Microsoft
System Center Configuration Manager with ASU (v3.60 or a later
version) on an Lenovo system endpoint, complete these steps:
- Copy the ASU.exe file (for 32-bit OS) or ASU64.exe file (for
64-bit OS) located in the Lenovo_Support\ASU\ system directory folder. For example, C:\Lenovo_Support\ASU\asu.exe and C:\Lenovo_Support\ASU\asu64.exe.
- Manually record the location of ASU.exe in the registry
by updating the Location string key to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\(Wow6432Node)\Lenovo\ASU\.
For more information about ASU, see Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) website.