Technical specifications
8.7 Active Management Technology (AMT)
SIMATIC IPC647D
Operating Instructions, 01/2014, A5E32996306-AA
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This section describes the required measures and settings on the local IPC so that the IPC
can be controlled and maintained remotely from a management station known below as the
help desk PC.
The local IPC is known below as the "AMT PC".
The sections contain the following information:
● AMT settings in the MEBx and in the BIOS setup
● Basic configuration of AMT
● Further useful notes
Enabling AMT, basic configuration
Procedure
1. Connect the AMT PC with the LAN.
2. If necessary, first reset AMT to the default status (see section "Unconfigure").
3. Reboot the device.
Press <ESC> when the following BIOS message appears:
Press Esc for Boot Options
4. Press the "MEBx" button and select "MEBx Login" in the BIOS selection menu.
5. In the login dialog, enter the standard password "admin".
6. Change the default password. The new password must include the following characters:
– In total at least eight characters
– One upper case letter
– One lower case letter
– One number
– One of the special characters ! @ # $ % ^ & * @ # $ % ^ & *
Note
The underscore _ and the space characters are valid password characters, however
they do not increase password complexity.
7. Enable "Intel (R) AMT Configuration > Manageability Feature Selection".
8. Enable "Intel (R) ME General Settings > Activate Network Access".
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