Have you ever wondered what the optimal provisioning conditions, and if there is anyway to script the event to occur? The linked article refers to batch files, VBscripts, key learning, and supporting materials for provisioning Intel vPro in an Altiris environment.
Just published - a new wiki that outlines the high level steps for activating your vPro systems. Each step lists the corresponding training and documentation that will help you complete it.
For those looking for a little extra help on System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft has a great forum resources on a variety of System Center Configuration Manager topics...
Configuration Manager - General General Discussion on the topics or features not already covered by one of the other forums for System Center Configuration Manager.
Available for download and use is the SCS Setup Wizard, a tool designed to automate the installation of the Intel® Setup and Configuration Service (SCS) along with the third party pre-requisite components automatically. This beta level aplication is fully configurable to meet your specific installation requirements.
The Intel Setup and Configuration Service for Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) is a free toolset that simplifies the preparation of hardware that supports Intel AMT for remote administration.
Intel SCS automates the process of populating Intel AMT managed platforms with the usernames, passwords, and network parameters that enable the platforms to be administered remotely.
The automation of these activates provide an efficient means of implementing Intel AMT hardware for enterprise customers.
The Intel SCS service works with other services in order to provide a secure setup and configuration infrastructure for Intel AMT devices.
To successfully take advantage of the functionality that the Intel SCS service can provide, all of the other needed services must be correctly installed and configured. These services include:
Microsoft SQL* Server
Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
Microsoft Certificate Authority
Active Directory
Installing and configuring all of the services needed to utilize the Intel SCS can take an experienced user 2+ hours to complete. Using the automation provided by the SCS Setup Wizard, this process can take less than 30 minutes.
SCS setup Wizard Performs the following functions -
Install/configure MS SQL Server 2005 Express* Edition and MS SQL Server Management Studio Express
Install/configure Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
In my last blog I mentioned a group of us got together to showcase the technology in the Intel Labs. This video Frank, which will be at ManageFusion & myself showcased the Patching use case of how you can wake a system up, patch & then return to powered off state. The value is in the effectiveness of powering the machine, patching and then shutting it down as quickly as it started.
The same note here, if you are interested in how we specifically wrote the job please let us know and we can add that detail out here as well. I also have a detailed screen by screen view if of interest.
