Overview

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:

1. 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.
2. 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.