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3 Intel(R) Active Management Technology (Intel A
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5
6 Prominent usage of the Intel ME Interface is t
7 Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) imple
8 the Intel ME.
9
10 Intel AMT provides the ability to manage a hos
11 even when the operating system running on the
12 is in a sleep state.
13
14 Some examples of Intel AMT usage are:
15 - Monitoring hardware state and platform co
16 - Remote power off/on (useful for green com
17 maintenance)
18 - OS updates
19 - Storage of useful platform information su
20 - Built-in hardware KVM
21 - Selective network isolation of Ethernet a
22 on policies set by a remote management co
23 - IDE device redirection from remote manage
24
25 Intel AMT (OOB) communication is based on SOAP
26 starting with Release 6.0) over HTTP/S or WS-M
27 HTTP/S that are received from a remote managem
28
29 For more information about Intel AMT:
30 https://software.intel.com/sites/manageability
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32
33 Intel AMT Applications
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35
36 1) Intel Local Management Service (Intel L
37
38 Applications running locally on the pla
39 2.0 and later releases in the same way
40 over HTTP (deprecated starting with Rel
41 SOAP over HTTP. This means that some In
42 local application using the same networ
43 communicating with Intel AMT over the n
44
45 When a local application sends a messag
46 name, the Intel LMS, which listens for
47 intercepts the message and routes it to
48 For more information:
49 https://software.intel.com/sites/manage
50 Under "About Intel AMT" => "Local Acces
51
52 For downloading Intel LMS:
53 https://github.com/intel/lms
54
55 The Intel LMS opens a connection using
56 firmware feature using a defined GUID a
57 using a protocol called Intel AMT Port
58 The protocol is used to maintain multip
59 single application.
60
61 See the protocol specification in the I
62 https://software.intel.com/sites/manage
63 Under "SDK Resources" => "Intel(R) vPro
64 => "Information for Intel(R) vPro(TM) G
65 => "Description of the Intel AMT Port F
66
67 2) Intel AMT Remote configuration using a
68
69 A Local Agent enables IT personnel to c
70 without requiring installing additional
71 configuration process may involve an IS
72 agent that runs on the host.
73 For more information:
74 https://software.intel.com/sites/manage
75 Under "Setup and Configuration of Intel
76 "SDK Tools Supporting Setup and Configu
77 "Using the Local Agent Sample"
78
79 Intel AMT OS Health Watchdog
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81
82 The Intel AMT Watchdog is an OS Health (Hang/C
83 Whenever the OS hangs or crashes, Intel AMT wi
84 to any subscriber to this event. This mechanis
85 IT knows when a platform crashes even when the
86
87 The Intel AMT Watchdog is composed of two part
88 1) Firmware feature - receives the heartbe
89 and sends an event when the heartbeats
90 2) Intel MEI iAMT watchdog driver - connec
91 configures the watchdog and sends the h
92
93 The Intel iAMT watchdog MEI driver uses the ke
94 the Intel AMT Watchdog and to send heartbeats
95 watchdog is 120 seconds.
96
97 If the Intel AMT is not enabled in the firmwar
98 on the me client bus and watchdog devices won'
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