Operating the device 
  6.3 Intel Active Management Technology 
SIMATIC Field PG M6 
Operating Instructions, 12/2018, A5E43198909-AA 
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Intel Active Management Technology 
Intel® Active Management Technology is a technology for remote maintenance of computers 
(AMT PCs). This remote maintenance encompasses the following functions: 
●  Remote power management: 
AMT PCs can be switched on/off and be restarted from another PC. 
●  Keyboard–Video–Mouse-Redirection (KVM-Redirection) 
Keyboard–Video–Mouse redirection. This enables remote access to the AMT PC, and 
operation of AMT PCs without functioning operating system. 
●  BIOS Setup Management 
You can start and change the BIOS Setup remotely. 
●  Remote reboot: 
An AMT PC can be booted from a bootable ISO file made available by another PC. 
●  SOL (Serial over LAN): 
You can redirect data of a serial interface to the network. The function is used primarily 
for text-based remote control of an AMT PC in console mode. 
●  IDE redirection: 
An ISO file contains a memory image of the content of a CD or DVD with ISO 9660 
structure. An ISO file can be implemented on the AMT PC for use as virtual DVD drive on 
the help desk PC. 
Configuration of the AMT PC 
You configure AMT in the BIOS Setup and MEBx (Management Engine BIOS Extension). 
MEBx is a BIOS extension for configuring AMT. 
Press <ESC> when the BIOS appears briefly during startup and select the BIOS start page 
MEBx. 
 
Note 
Password protection for the AMT PC 
AMT enables virtually unrestricted access to the AMT PC. Protect access to the AMT PC by 
means of
 password. 
You can find additional information on this under 
Enabling Intel® AMT / basic configuration 
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