How do I manage PCs with vPro?

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I ordered some new PCs with Intel vPro enabled on them, but now that I have them I'm not sure how to use it.

I found some old websites about using Altiris and Microsoft SMS but those are expensive and really meant for large organizations. Does anyone know of a free or cheap way to use vPro?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '11 at 03:22

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Intel has a list of free tools at the below link:

http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-1171

Another option is Spiceworks, a free network monitoring/help desk/PC inventory tool. An Intel AMT plugin available to allow remote access, device sharing, and power on/off from within Spiceworks.

answered Apr 20 '11 at 03:22

TimS

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This link is dead. – Michael Hampton Aug 23 '21 at 15:27
11 years past: the current Intel's own freely available vPro/AMT solution is EMA: [EMA/AMT user forum](https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-vPro-Platform/bd-p/vpro-platform), [temporary snag announce--download pulled out because bug](https://community.intel.com/t5/f/m/m-p/1383646), [(non)-download link and other documents](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/search.html?ws=text#q="EMA%29"&f:@tabfilter=[Downloads]). – kkm May 13 '22 at 06:55

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

From Wikipedia:

VNC-based KVM Remote Control

In vPro 6.0 PCs with embedded Intel graphics, Intel AMT embeds a proprietary VNC Server, so you can connect out-of-band using dedicated VNC-compatible Viewer technology, and have full KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) capability throughout the power cycle - including uninterrupted control of the desktop when an operating system loads. Clients such as VNC Viewer Plus from RealVNC also >provide additional functionality that might make it easier to perform (and watch) certain Intel AMT operations, such as powering >the computer off and on, configuring the BIOS, and mounting a remote image (IDER).

Have you tried using a VNC Viewer to connect to these machines?

Gaia · Answer 3 · 2018-05-16T20:13:32.170

2018 Update:

UltraVNC now redirects to RealVNC. The RealVNC product you need is the Viewer Plus - the standard (and free client) does not do KVM over IP.

There is no information on TightVNC's site regarding capacity to access the VNC server running inside a vPro chip.

Other options are:

MeshCommander (open source). Allows for controlling the Intel AMT and LMS, and also for KVM over IP, so you can watch the boot screen and set RAID or BIOS options (like RealVNC does)
Dameware (paid)
Intel's own free Management Command Tool (MDTK), which has been replaced by MeshCommander, but still might be required to use TLS with MeshCommander. Note that MeshCommander has released several fixes on TLS and MDTK might no longer be needed.
As far as I understood this option, you can setup an intermediate Ubuntu box to use as a KVM over IP device into the machine you actually want to control (clumsy)

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 29 '12 at 22:39

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Every Intel AMT enabled PC has a web server running on port 16992 and/or 16993 (https).

Just point your web browser to:

 http://'Intel-AMT-enabled-host':16992

or

 https://'Intel-AMT-enabled-host':16993

answered May 29 '12 at 22:39

pl1nk

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What about the other ports Intel vPro 16992-16995, 5900, 623, 664 mentioned here? https://www-ssl.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/scs-deployment-guide.pdf - And I also read that port 9971 is used for hello messages too – rubo77 Jan 05 '16 at 22:16

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