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Chapter1.IntroductiontoIntelvProandIntelAMT
IntelvProisabusinesscomputerplatformthatprovidesbusinesscomputerswithenhancedremote
managementcapabilities.ForcomputersbuiltwithIntelvPro,ITadministratorscanuseathirdpartysoftware
toremotelycollectinventoryinformation,diagnoseproblems,andprovidevariousservicesregardlessof
thecomputerpowerstateortheoperatingsystemstate.ITadministratorscanalsoisolateandprotect
individualcomputersandthenetworkfromthreats.
AsafeatureofIntelvPro,IntelAMTisdesignedtoprovideremotemanagementofcomputersregardless
ofthecomputerpowerstateortheoperatingsystemstateaslongasthecomputersareconnectedtoan
electricaloutletandanetwork.
IntelAMTisdesignedasabuildingblockandnotacompletesolution.ThisenablesOriginalEquipment
Manufacturers(OEMs)toincorporateIntelAMTintotheirclientandserverhardwareplatforms.Competent
andauthorizedthirdpartyapplicationsprovidemanagementandsecurityservicesthattakeadvantageof
theIntelAMTfeatures,suchasout-of-bandaccesstoassetinformation,eventlogs,hardwareandsoftware
tables,andembeddedcapabilities.
Acronyms
Thefollowingtablelistsandexplainssomeacronymsusedinthisdocument.
AcronymDescription
ACLAccessControlList
AMTActiveManagementTechnology
ASFAlertStandardFormat
BIOSBasicInputOutputSystem
CIRAClientInitiatedRemoteAccess
DHCPDynamicHostCongurationProtocol
DNSDomainNameServer
FQDNFullyQualiedDomainName
FWFirmware
HBPHostBasedProvisioning
HECIHostEmbeddedControllerInterface
IDE-RIntegratedDeviceElectronics-Redirection
IPInternetProtocol
ISVIndependentSoftwareVendor
KVMKeyboard-Video-Mouse
LMSLocalManageabilityService
MEManagementEngine
MEBx
ManagementEngineBIOSExtension
MEI
ManagementEngineInterface
NVMNonvolatilememory
OEMOriginalEquipmentManufacturer
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