Ciara-tech Discovery - Intel Active Management Technology (Optional)

Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP
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To configure these I/O ports, or to disable them, use the BIOS configuration screens. Please refer to the paragraphs in
section 2.0, “BIOS Configuration and installation” for more information on this subject.
3.8: Intel® Active Management Technology (Optional)
NOTE: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) is available only on boards that use the Intel
®
82573E
Ethernet Controller.
Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) offers IT organizations tamper-resistant and persistent management
capabilities. Specifically, Intel
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AMT is a hardware-based solution that offers encrypted and persistent asset
management and remote diagnostics and/or recovery capabilities for networked platforms. With Intel AMT, IT
organizations can easily get accurate platform information, and can perform remote updating, diagnostics, debugging,
and repair of a system, regardless of the state of the operating system and the power state of the system. Intel AMT
enables IT organizations to discover, heal, and protect all of their computing assets, regardless of system state in the
manner described below.
• Discovering hardware and software computing assets:
o Intel AMT stores hardware and software asset information in non-volatile memory and allows IT to
read the asset information anytime, even if the PC is off
o Users cannot remove or prevent IT organization access to the information because it does not rely
on software agents
• Healing systems remotely, regardless of the operating system or system state:
o Intel AMT provides out-of-band diagnostics and recovery capabilities for IT organizations
to remotely diagnose and repair PCs after software, operating system, or hardware failures
o Alerting and event logging help IT organizations detect and diagnose problems quickly to
reduce end-user downtime
• Protecting the enterprise against malicious software attacks:
o Intel AMT helps IT organizations keep software versions and virus protection consistent
and up-to-date across the enterprise
o Version information is stored in non-volatile memory for access anytime by third party
software to check and, if necessary, wake a system to perform off-hours updates
The key features of Intel AMT include:
• Secure Out of Band (OOB) system management that allows remote management of PCs regardless
of system power or operating system state.
o SSL3.1/TLS encryption
o HTTP authentication
o TCP/IP
o HTTP web GUI
o XML/SOAP API
• Remote troubleshooting and recovery that can significantly reduce desk-side visits and potentially
increasing efficiency of IT technical staff.
o System event log
o IDE-Redirection or PXE boot; Network drive or remote CD boot
o Serial over LAN
o OOB diagnostics
o Remote control
o Remote BIOS update
• Proactive alerting that decreases downtime and minimizes time to repair.
o Programmable policies
o Operating system lock-up alert
o Boot failure alert
o Hardware failure alerts