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Justin Van Buren
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While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk with Mike Dunham, Executive Director of Product Management for Incendio Technology. In the video below, he talks about the Incendio vMinder Portal, which allows IT profrossional to utilize the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite without needing console access. From the Incendio vMinder Portal, the IT professional can access Intel vPro technology features such as reliable remote power control that are part of the Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite.

To learn more about Intel's presence at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, go to: http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

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Justin Van Buren
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While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield and McCormick Spice Company and Lee Bender, senior technical manager from Symantec. In this video, they talk about benefits of Symantec Altiris Client Management Suite v6.5 (and above) with Intel vPro Technology, including power management, remote diagnosis and repair, and fast call for help.

To learn more about Intel's presence at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, go to: http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

0 Comments Permalink Tags: power, intel, managefusion, suite, green, altiris, cms, vpro, symantec, vegas, management, bender, energy_cost, las, mccormick, managefusion_2009, client, lee, control, it, sands, otal_cost_ownership, version
Justin Van Buren
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While at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, we had a chance to talk to IT executives and managers from Disney International, Fox Interactive Media, Las Vegas Sands Corporation and McCormick Spice Company and industry analysts from IDC, Enterprise Management Associates and Ptak, Noel & Associates LLC about Intel vPro technology and industry trends.  In the video below, they discuss the impact of Intel vPro technology on power consumption reduction and energy cost reduction.

To learn more about Intel's presence at Symantec ManageFusion 2009, go to: http://www.intel.com/go/managefusion/

0 Comments Permalink Tags: vpro, intel, ema, altiris, manageability, control, green, sands, client_management, ptak, power, idc, amt, it, fox, energy_cost, las, symantec, disney, vegas, mccormick, managefusion
Trevor Sullivan
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Integrating VNC on Windows PE 2.0

                            Author: Trevor Sullivan

                      Company:    OfficeMax Corporation

                        Versions: 1.0 – April 24, 2008 – original document

Synopsis

Integrating VNC on Windows PE allows a remote user, such as a support person, to remotely control a Windows pre-execution environment, and perform administrative tasks such as deploying an operating system image, or diagnosing hardware and software problems using 3rd party tools. This image can be remotely booted in a LAN environment using the IDE-R feature of Intel AMT.

Requirements

  1. Microsoft Windows AIK v1.1 (downloadable from Microsoft)
  2. A working Windows PE 2.x CD (can be built from WAIK)
  3. UltraVNC 1.02 (downloadable from Internet)
  4. ImageX (to mount WIM files) - included with WAIK

Setting up UltraVNC

Install UltraVNC 1.02 on a development system

 

You can optionally install UltraVNC 1.02 to an Altiris SVS virtual layer to avoid making permanent changes to your development system

 

After UltraVNC is installed:

1.  Execute VNC in user-mode

2.  Run the following command: winvnc –defaultsettings

3.  You should be presented with a configuration dialog

4.  Set a password for VNC and choose to disable the tray icon

5.  Confirm the settings dialog, and stop Winvnc by running: winvnc –kill

6.  Extract the following registry tree: HKLM\Software\ORL (vnc.reg)

7.  Add the password to the default key

a.  Open the registry file (vnc.reg)

b. Create a new section (key) for HKLM\Software\ORL\Default

c.  Copy the password value from ORL to the Default key

Gathering Source Files

Copy the following list of files from the UltraVNC installation directory on the source computer into a separate working folder:

 

  • Authadmin.dll
  • Authssp.dll
  • Ldapauth.dll
  • Logging.dll
  • Logmessages.dll
  • Mslogon.acl
  • Unzip32.dll
  • Vnchooks.dll
  • Vnchooks_settings.reg
  • Vncviewer.exe
  • Winvnc.exe
  • Workgrpdomnt4.dll
  • Zip32.dll
  • Vnc.reg (from previous section)
  • Vnc.vbs (see below)

 

Trevor developed a short script to get around a problem with winvnc hanging when I’d execute it. This executes winvnc.exe asynchronously so that it continues to run in the background, but startnet.cmd will be allowed to continue. The script source is included below:

 

ScriptPath = Left(Wscript.ScriptFullname, len(Wscript.ScriptFullName) - len(Wscript.ScriptName))

set sh = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

sh.Run "regedit /s " & ScriptPath & "vnc.reg", 1, true

sh.Run "wpeutil disablefirewall", 0, true

sh.Run ScriptPath & "winvnc.exe", 1, false

Modifying the PE Disc

  • Mount WIM file on filesystem using ImageX
  • Copy all source files to folder on root of WIM mount path
  • Modify startnet.cmd to execute VNC vbscript using cscript.exe
    • Use the fully qualified path to the script file (eg. “cscript X:\vnc\vnc.vbs”)

Notes

  • Winvnc does not work under service mode on Windows PE; Winvnc must be run under user context
  • The registry value “password” must exist under HKLM\Software\ORL\Default, otherwise winvnc will prompt for a password upon startup

 

Trevor Sullivan

Systems Engineer

OfficeMax Corporation

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Ylian Saint-Hilaire
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In my never ending quest to try to have full coverage of all Intel AMT features in the Intel AMT DTK, I got motivated by two colleges to add 802.1x and Endpoint Access Control (EAC) support to Intel AMT Commander. I am not an expert on these two technologies, but they basically allow the network switch to authenticate a client and decide if it's going to let it connect on the network. This feature is normally supported in the operating system to get access to a corporate network, but when a network makes use of 802.1x to authenticate clients and the OS is down, Intel AMT can't access the network unless it authenticates.

 

 

Starting with Intel AMT 2.5 and then 3.0, Intel AMT support 802.1x and EAC and so, can authenticate itself to the network while the OS is down. In large enterprises where security is very important, this is an absolute must have. You never know if someone plugs-in an un-authorized computer on a network drop in some conference room.

 

 

I don't have 802.1x or EAC equipment in my lab, but I have attempted to add support for it in the upcoming version of Commander simply by using the SDK's documentation. Luckily, if I can set the state of Intel AMT correctly and also read it back, there is a good chance I am on the right track. If you are trying to use these features now with a SOAP tool, it's a real pain, so, having a nicer and friendlier UI is very important. I started coding this last week and realized quickly, I also needed to support the new certificate storage interfaces available in AMT 2.5 and above, so I added support for that too.

 

 

In any case, all of this is coming up in version v0.40 of the Intel AMT DTK that I should be releasing very soon. Since I have no such network, I am counting on community members to try these new features out and give me feedback on things I should change or improve.

 

 

Ylian (Intel AMT Blog)

 

 

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