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Overview of AMT
AMT (included in Intel vPro and Centrino Pro) provides out-of-band (OOB) management for Desktops and Laptops, using an agent integrated in the network adapter and in the motherboard.
Intel Active Management Technology |
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Features |
Benefits |
Out-of-Band system access |
Allows remote management of platforms regardless of system power¹ or OS state |
Remote trouble-shooting and recover |
Significantly reduces desk-side visits, increasing the efficiency of IT technical staff |
Proactive alerting |
Decreases downtime and minimizes time-to-repair |
Remote HW and SW asset tracking |
Increase speed and accuracy over manual inventory tracking, reducing asset accounting costs |
Third-party nonvolatile storage |
Increased speed and accuracy over manual inventory tracking, reducing asset accounting cost |
source:Intel.com 1 |
Configuring the Management-Engine
Entreprise mode - In this mode, communications are authenticated using a certificate. .
Small Business (SMB) - In this mode, communications are authenticated using a password ('pre-shared secret'). .
Using
AMT/WebBrowser - Browser client.
AMT/SerialOverLan - AMT's Serial over Lan
?AMT/IDE-R - AMT's Remote IDE
Identify
Once the Managment Engine is enabled (not necessarily configured), lspci -nn will show :
00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 MEI Controller [8086:2a04] (rev 0c) 00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 PT IDER Controller [8086:2a06] (rev 0c) 00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965 KT Controller [8086:2a07] (rev 0c)
- note the "MEI", "KT", and "IDER" Controllers.
See Also
http://www.intel.com/technology/platform-technology/intel-amt/ - Intel Active Management Technology.
http://softwarecommunity.intel.com/isn/home/manageability.aspx - Intel manageability stuffs.
http://www.openamt.org/ - Open Source Intel AMT Drivers and Tools (MEI/HECI and more).