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AMT is Intels Active Management Technology, which allows remote management of computers.

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How does Intel AMT (Active Management Technology) not interfere with the TCP/IP host stack?

The Intel dev kit I've been using includes a remote management feature (also see the Ubuntu man page here) which allows remote reboots in case the operating system hangs. It has the capability of listening a handful of ports (16992 and 16993, to be…
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Machine always responds to 192.168.1.2 IP address, which is not set on the machine

UPDATE BELOW: UPDATE 2 BELOW: FINAL Solution I have a brand new HP EliteBook notebook 8560p running Windows 7 64bit. I plug it into a small Dlink di-604 router, it is currently configured with DHCP and gets ip address 192.168.1.100, ip address of…
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Intel AMT - enable vnc via linux

All our old servers have supermicro boards and we used IPMI to make out-of-band managment. Mostly we used it for shutdown/restart and sometimes change some settings via the sol/kvm console. As it happens one of our new servers has an Intel board…
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Any trade-offs involved with enabling Intel vPro?

Does enabling vPro disable or conflict with any other functionality? I'm configuring a Dell Precision T1600 workstation. It will be added to a small network with one server and two desktops: CentOS server used for file sharing via Samba and hosting…
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PXE in an 802.1X environment

My organization is about to implement 802.1X on our enterprise, but we currently use PXE-based OS deployment sequences in SCCM. I'm looking for a way to continue using PXE in an 802.1X environment. Our infrastructure uses Cisco network gear…
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Confused about Intel vPro/AMT technlogies

I'm a bit confused about Intel vPro/AMT and processors/motherboards supporting these features. If I install an Intel i3 processor - a CPU not vPro compatible - on a motherboard compatible with these technologies, the whole support will be fully and…
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Does Intel vPro work via add-on NICs?

We're currently using Dell OptiPlex workstations with the Intel vPro feature. A remote location is requiring their computers be connected via fibre for security reasons. This will require us to install third-party FO NICs in the workstations. My…
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How to be sure a Motherboard supports Intel Active Management Technology (AMT)

I'm looking to build a light-weight rack-mounted Linux system, and I would love to be able to include some sort of remote management. At the very least, remote power on/off, and a little bit of fault investigation. Can anybody confirm my…
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How does an Intel vPro based computer maintain IP connectivity?

As I understand an Intel vPro based computer can be powered on remotely without the use of a 'magic packet', the management controller is sitting in a low powered state listening on specific ports. Therefore I'm assuming that the management…
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Coexistence of Intel AMT and AMD DASH in SCCM 2012 R2

I'm wondering if it's possible to use Intel AMT and AMD DASH plug-ins in SCCM 2012 R2 to out of band manage clients? I've successfully implemented the Intel AMT plug-in, now I'm wondering if I can also implement the AMD DASH plug-in on the same SCCM…
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Using Intel AMT (Management Engine) in "standalone" mode without corporate infrastructure?

I'm using a relatively recent Dell laptop and for testing purposes, I've enabled the Intel AMT, aka Management Engine. I don't have any large-scale corporate infrastructure to back me up, but I still would like to use one feature: namely, to have…
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how do you disable Intel KVM user consent requirement?

I'm trying to setup Intel vPro AMT KVM (Remote Desktop). I enabled AMT using the Intel SCS AMT Wizard. I'm now trying to use MCTME (shown in screenshot) to remotely connect to the computer. It works, but I need someone to read off an access code to…
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Disabling AMT via cmd (Windows 7)

I am an IT technician at a university. We are trying to disable Intel AMT on all of our computers due to a security vulnerability. I tried to follow the steps in this Mitigation Guide but ran into a problem in the first step. In an administrator…
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control a server before the OS loads

I have a Dell Poweredge R430 server running Ubuntu server 16.04.1, On the Ubuntu I have KVM running some virtual machines, I need to have the maximal control over the server by a remote connection, that if the Ubuntu fails to load for some reason I…
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One NIC for AMT and another for the OS user?

I have never worked with AMT, I would like to make sure the following scenario would be possible before I start to invest in a few Intel AMT machines. Let's assume the server has two NICs and each NIC has a different internet connection. Would it be…
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