Activation Blog
15 Posts tagged with the self-activate tag
Hi everyone -
Here's new guide that we just finished. Let me know what you think of this new format - we're trying to increase the usability of our documentation - let me know if we're on track! 
This guide steps through Basic Mode Activation (formerly known as SMB Mode) of a Hewlett-Packard* 6910p. Once activated, follow the instructions to install the Intel(R) System Defense Utility and start exploring the supported use cases.
If you are seeing any failures in your log around setting the hostname during a Remote configuration it could be due to a underscore in the host name. Check out Terry Cutlers post on altiris juice @ http://juice.altiris.com/tech-tip/1622/underscore-not-supported-in-intel-amt-hostnames . Terry references the RFC952 - DoD Internet host table specification @ http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc952.html. Here are the assumptions from that specification.
ASSUMPTIONS
1. A "name" (Net, Host, Gateway, or Domain name) is a text string up
to 24 characters drawn from the alphabet (A-Z), digits (0-9), minus
sign 
, and period (.). Note that periods are only allowed when
they serve to delimit components of "domain style names". (See
RFC-921, "Domain Name System Implementation Schedule", for
background). No blank or space characters are permitted as part of a
name. No distinction is made between upper and lower case. The first
character must be an alpha character. The last character must not be
a minus sign or period. A host which serves as a GATEWAY should have
"-GATEWAY" or "-GW" as part of its name. Hosts which do not serve as
Internet gateways should not use "-GATEWAY" and "-GW" as part of
their names. A host which is a TAC should have "-TAC" as the last
part of its host name, if it is a DoD host. Single character names
or nicknames are not allowed.
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Wondering about the different types of provisioning models? A new matrix was just published that defines the three provisioning models: Basic, Standard, and Advanced.
This naming convention replaces the terms SMB and Enterprise modes. Why? SMB was confusing because it refers to Small-Medium Business - when in actuality, there are enterprise-sized companies that have activated in SMB/Basic mode and SMB-sized companies that have activated in Enterprise/Standard/Advanced mode.
Check it out: Understanding Provisioning Models - Basic, Standard, & Advanced
The USB Key Provisioning Utility (UKPU) tool is designed to create a valid USB key for provisioning Intel® AMT Systems. The UKPU tool prepares a USB Flash drive, copies the requested setup.bin to the drive, and also verifies that the setup.bin is saved using the proper procedures necessary to ensure that it is detected by Intel® AMT.
The tool has a 'repair' mode that allows you to take an existing USB Key and reconstruct it to ensure the setup.bin is visible to Intel® AMT. In addition, you can set up a USB Key using any renamed setup.bin file on your computer, and the tool will automatically ensure it is renamed to 'setup.bin' when setting up the key.
Here's a 3 minute video overview of the tool's capabilities (Click here to view video on YouTube):
Both binary only & open source licensed source versions available at the download site.
DOPD SW Engineering Team
Can the journey be simplified? Yes..
In these very informative & useful guides you can accelerate your implementation & deployment of vPro. These documents were prepared by EDS.
Planning an Intel® Active Management Technology Implementation (1 of 5)
Maximizing the Benefits of Intel® Active Management Technology: A Solution Guide (2 of 5)
Getting to Pro: An Enterprise Approach to Deploying Intel® Active Management Technology (3 of 5)
Intel® vPro™ Technology Pre Pilot Questionnaire (4 of 5)
Intel® vPro™ Technology Project Plan for Implementation (5 of 5)